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Affleck Still Wants a Boy

Actor wants to 'keep going' for boy after newborn daughter

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 10, 2009 7:40 AM CST

(Newser) – Ben Affleck may be delighted with his new baby girl with Jennifer Garner, but there's one thing he's still desperately waiting for—a son. He wants to try again for a brother for his daughters, Seraphina Rose and 3-year-old Violet, reports the Mirror. "Ben's... Read full story »

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