Inside Collin and Hannah Gosselin’s Sibling Relationship and Where They Stand Now

After Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin of Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame split in December 2009, the reality TV couple entered into a contentious custody battle that ended with two of their eight children staying with Jon, while the remaining six children lived with their mom, Kate.

Collin and Hannah Gosselin — two of the former couple’s sextuplets — remained in Jon’s custody in the wake of the couple’s split after 10 years of marriage. While the siblings were at one time close, Hannah’s decision to eventually repair her relationship with her mom “hurt” Collin.

“I even look back at it like this — during my parents’ divorce Hannah was always so much closer with my dad,” Collin said in a 2025 interview with The Sun. “But now that I look at it I don’t think that it was that she was closer with my dad, I think she just wanted both parents in her life. And it makes a lot of sense and that literally is normal — that’s a normal thing kids want that.”

As the siblings have continued to navigate the fallout of their complicated family issues in their own ways, they have also worked to support each other.

Jon and Kate welcomed twins Mady and Cara in 2000, then sextuplets Collin, Hannah, Alexis, Joel, Leah and Aaden in 2004. The clan became reality TV royalty on Jon & Kate Plus 8, but the fairytale imploded when Kate filed for divorce in 2009 and was initially awarded full legal custody of all eight kids.

The turning point came in 2016, when Kate sent Collin to the Fairmont Behavioral Health Institute, citing behavioral issues. Collin reached out to Jon the following year, who helped him exit the facility.

In December 2018, Jon was awarded sole legal and physical custody of Collin after Kate and her lawyer failed to appear in court. Hannah joined the household around the same time, eventually moving to Pennsylvania with Jon.

While Collin has been estranged from his six other siblings for years, Hannah has remained his rock. In a November 2022 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Collin got emotional when describing their connection.

“I would do anything for my sister. We don’t call [each other] much because … she has better things to do than call me, but whenever she does reach out, it makes my day. I love her to death,” Collin said. “Hannah, she’s a big part of my emotional support. She helped me out a lot and still does to this day. [She] still does so much for me.”

At the time, Collin told the outlet he hadn’t spoken to Mady, Cara, Alexis, Joel, Leah or Aaden in “probably five or six years.”

A source separately told Us in April 2022 that Hannah was holding out hope for a reunion.

“Her leaving to go live with Jon had absolutely nothing to do with her brothers and sisters,” the insider said. “She loves them to death.”

In an interview originally conducted for The Sun and reshared on YouTube in June 2026, Collin opened up about Hannah’s efforts to mend things with Kate.

“I think [my sister] Hannah [Gosselin] is very sentimental and reminiscent, in a way, and I think she wants to still have a piece of that family,” he said, reflecting that during their parents’ divorce Hannah just “wanted both parents in her life.”

“Now that she’s with my dad and she knows that my dad loves her and he’s never gonna leave her or throw her out on a limb or anything like that, I think she wants to now fix that relationship with my mom,” Collin continued. “What hurts me on that is that Hannah wants to fix the relationship with my mom — Hannah wants to get into the emotional and the feelings part of it because she cares about people.”

He didn’t hold back on how he thinks Kate is handling the reconciliation.

“For my mom, it’s going on social media. It’s going on TikTok and saying, ‘Oh, hi, just talked to Hannah today,’” he continued. “So for Hannah it’s a relationship, and for my mom it’s a PR stunt and that’s what really hurts me.”

Still, Collin says nothing will come between him and his sister.

“I love my sister and I’ll always be there for her,” he said, sharing that he recently texted her: “I know you don’t want to talk about these things and we’re not going to. … I love you and I’m always going to be there for you.”

This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.