Ben Affleck feels "so lucky" to have kids with his ex Jennifer Garner The former couple decided to go their separate ways in 2018 after over a decade of marriage but he proved there was no bad blood between the pair as he shared a Mother's Day tribute to the actress - with whom he has Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, nine 12 May 2021 Taking to Instagram, he shared a carousel of photographs of them and the children and captioned it: "So happy to share these kids with you. Luckiest parents in the world. Thanks for all the good you do. Happy Mother's Day. Love, their Dad (sic)"