Alex Rodriguez performed Main League Baseball for 22 seasons, and whether or not he was in Seattle, Texas or New York, his private life was by no means removed from the entrance web page.
The headlines often revolved round his courting life. He was married to Cynthia Rodriguez Nicolas (née Scurtis) from 2002 to 2008 earlier than she filed for divorce. After that, he had high-profile relationships with Cameron Diaz, Torrie Wilson, Kate Hudson and Jennifer Lopez.
However whereas the three-time MVP's love life has had its share of drama, his household has been his rock by all of it. Raised by his mom, Lourdes Rodriguez, Alex stays near her and continues to have a look at her for inspiration.
Alex's father, Victor, left when he was a toddler, a second he says formed him as a father to his two daughters, Natasha and Ella, whom he shares with Cynthia.
Hold scrolling to satisfy the slugger's entire household.
Victor Rodriguez
Victor left the household in 1984 when Alex was simply 9 years outdated, and the 2 didn't converse once more till the Mariners drafted him in 1993. In 2000, simply earlier than Alex hit free company, the 2 spent 4 days collectively in Minnesota whereas Seattle was on the town to play the Twins.
The duo frolicked collectively that weekend however by no means actually repaired their relationship.
“It was 4 days. That whole sequence I used to be taking part in, like, with my hair on hearth, like I had a superpower,” Alex recalled to Cigar Aficionado in 2018. “I used to be a thin child, I used to be in my early 20s, and it was a lot enjoyable, 'trigger I knew how a lot my dad beloved baseball. And I used to be sort of exhibiting off and placing on a present for him.”
Victor died in 2014.
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Lourdes Rodriguez
Alex and Lourdes Rodriguez Picture by Rob Tringali/SportsChrome/Getty Photos
Alex has maintained a detailed relationship together with his mom, Lourdes, talking usually about how he views her as a job mannequin.
“She's the most important inspiration in my life,” he informed People in 2024. “She was a secretary within the morning, and she or he served tables at evening, so she'd be gone from 8 within the morning to midnight.”
Alex usually stayed up ready for Lourdes to return dwelling, at which level he would therapeutic massage her toes and assist her rely her tip cash.
“The explanation I had two jobs was as a result of it was so necessary that the household had a fantastic schooling and stayed of their sports activities,” Lourdes informed The Athletic in 2022. “Regardless of what number of hours it took or how arduous it was, it was at all times price it to assist them and their goals.”
She stayed by his facet properly into his baseball profession, together with when Alex was suspended for your entire 2014 season amid a performance-enhancing drug scandal. Years later, Alex remembered her “robust love.”
“She was not completely happy,” he informed The Athletic. “If I used to be searching for mushy consolation, she was not the touchdown spot.”
Regardless of calling it quits greater than a decade in the past, Alex Rodriguez nonetheless shares a robust bond together with his ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis. “All of us want Cynthia. … That's one of many issues I'm most likely most happy with in my whole life. Neglect the house runs [and] the championship, Like to have the ability to coparent [with her] […]
Joe Dunand Sr.
Alex Rodriguez and Joe Dunand Sr. Courtesy of Susy Dunand/Instagram
Alex grew up together with his two half-siblings from Lourdes' first marriage to Joe Dunand Sr. He and Joe stayed linked into maturity, particularly whereas Joe's son, Joe Dunand Jr., started his skilled baseball profession.
“Alex has been a guiding gentle for Joe,” Joe Sr. informed the New York Post in 2017. “Alex has been very frank. When he hasn't appeared good, he tells him, ‘You need to work on this.' Or when he has appeared good, he tells him [what he's doing well].
Joe Dunand Jr.
Joe Jr. loved a cup of espresso within the majors in 2022 with the Miami Marlins, hitting a house run in his first profession at bat. He lasted simply three video games with the Marlins that season and bounced across the minors till saying his retirement in 2025.
A rocky highway. Alex Rodriguez and his ex-wife, Cynthia Scurtis, weren't at all times in a position to placed on a united entrance for his or her daughters. The baseball participant met Scurtis at a Miami health club within the late ‘90s they usually struck up a friendship. After courting for a number of years, they walked down the aisle in 2002. Two years […]
Susy Dunand
Alex Rodriguez, Susy Dunand and Joe Dunand Sr. Courtesy of Susy Dunand/Instagram
Alex's half-sister, Susy Dunand, is a luxurious actual property advisor in Florida. She has remained shut with Alex and was available when he formally turned proprietor of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx in July 2025.
“You've labored tirelessly, with coronary heart and objective, at all times striving to make issues higher,” she wrote through Instagram. “We're endlessly happy with you, Alex. That is solely the start.”
Victor M. Rodriguez
Alex's paternal half-brother, Victor, is 15 years his senior. Whereas the 2 are shut now, Victor left the US in 1980 to affix the Air Drive and remained unaware of Alex's baseball success till he was already a standout participant with the Mariners.
“I'd come again to the States briefly, see ‘Alex Rodriguez' within the paper, however, actually, what have been the possibilities?” he recalled in Selena Roberts' 2009 biography of Alex, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. “I didn't know till my father mentioned, perhaps round 1994, ‘Are you aware your brother is taking part in within the main leagues?'”
Alex Rodriguez is clearing up why his post-vacation tan seems to be particularly “darkish.” “Alright everyone, I do know that I'm darkish, however I'm Dominican,” Rodriguez, 48, mentioned in a Saturday, February 24, TikTok video. “And I went on trip and I fell asleep within the solar. So, everyone settle down.” He concluded, “Tranquilito y suavecito, mi […]
Victor later remembered lastly reconnecting together with his brother when Alex was taking part in for the Mariners.
“The need was at all times there and the want was at all times there to see him,” he informed The New York Times in 2007. “As I inform of us, we misplaced loads of time. We're making up for a few of it the most effective that we will.”
Natasha Rodriguez
Alex and Natasha Rodriguez Picture by Manny Hernandez/Wireimage
Alex and Cynthia welcomed their eldest daughter, Natasha, in 2004. Even with Alex's taking part in days behind him, Natasha remains to be a fixture at Main League ballparks, making a reputation for herself as a nationwide anthem singer.
She is now a musical theater pupil on the College of Michigan, in line with her Instagram web page.
Doting on his daughters! Alex Rodriguez shares Natasha and Ella with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis — and the previous skilled baseball participant loves sharing their particular moments on social media. The retired athlete, who known as the youngsters the “finest a part of” his life in a touching September 2021 Instagram submit, was married to Scurtis from 2002 […]
Ella Rodriguez
Ella and Alex Rodriguez Courtesy of Alex Rodriguez/Instagram
Alex and Cynthia welcomed Ella in 2008, and the previous third baseman has steadily up to date followers on her accomplishments.
“Ella, you proceed to amaze me and fill me with a lot pleasure!” he wrote through Instagram in 2019. “You're not only a sixth-grader now, you're an attractive younger lady who's already on her strategy to taking the world by storm. You make me try to be a greater father day-after-day and it's a privilege to look at you shoot for the celebs.”
Ella and Natasha have each spoken glowingly about Alex as a father, with Ella praising her dad for being open about his previous errors within the 2025 HBO docuseries Alex vs ARod.
“I'm simply actually happy with his vulnerability and bravado, placing one thing so superior on the market for everybody to see,” she informed People. “And I actually hope everybody offers it the response it deserves.”
