Lifestyle Beauty & Style Celebrities Who Got Matching Tattoos with Their Family Members From Willow Smith to Carrie Underwood, see which stars have permanently marked their familial bond with a tattoo By Alexandra Schonfeld Alexandra Schonfeld Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since April 2022. Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 19, 2024 11:52AM EST Tiffani Thiessen and her mom get matching tattoos. Photo: Getty;Tiffani Thiessen/Instagram These families are inked up! Family bonding was taken to the next level as these famous faces opted for matching tattoos with their loved ones. From Carrie Underwood's Las Vegas ink outing with her mom and two sisters to Brooke Shields' adorable matching ladybug with daughter Rowan, see which celebrities have matching ink with their family members. 01 of 05 Carrie Underwood & Her Mom, Carole Carrie Underwood and her mom getting matching tattoos. Carrie Underwood Instagram Following the first run of her Las Vegas residency, Carrie Underwood's 74-year-old mom, Carole, suggested that everyone — including Underwood's two sisters — get matching tattoos. “When your 74-year-old mother asks you and your sisters to get matching tattoos with her in Vegas, the only questions are, 'what?' and 'where?' " Underwood wrote alongside photos from the family outing. In one shot, the "Before He Cheats" singer is seen sitting up on the table as the tattoo artist works on her foot, while another shot shows her smiling mom getting inked on her wrist. Olivia Wilde Reveals Tattoos That Appear to Be Special Nods to Her Kids: 'Running Out of Arms' "I never would’ve thought I’d see the day that Mama Carole would be gettin’ some ink! 😂❤️ #WhatHappensInVegas," Underwood continued in her caption which also included a shot of all four "Underwood girls" with their completed matching hearts. 02 of 05 Laura Dern, Courteney Cox & Their Kids Courteney Cox and Laura Dern with their kids. Courteney Cox Instagram Longtime pals Laura Dern and Courteney Cox solidified their friendship in ink when they got matching tattoos over the 2022 holiday season. To make the occasion more meaningful, the pair's combined three children got in on the fun too. In a post shared to Instagram in January 2023, the Friends star said the family friends had added to their "16-year Christmas Eve tradition" with a photo of the fivesome all sporting the new tats. Dern's kids Ellery Harper and Jaya both got the words "go long" followed by a paper airplane on their forearm while Cox's daughter Coco opted to place her paper plane on her shoulder. "We might have sleeves by 2025," Cox quipped in her caption. 03 of 05 Brooke Shields & Her Daughter, Rowan Brooke Shields and her daughter, Rowan. Brooke Sheilds;Getty In honor of her daughter Rowan Francis' high school graduation, Brooke Shields and her mini-me got a set of ladybug tattoos. "A special graduation gift and memory with my girl 🐞 I'm so proud of you, I love you more than words can say," Shields captioned the Instagram photos which showed off the adorable ink on Rowan's ankle and Mom's wrist. 04 of 05 Tiffani Thiessen & Her Mom, Robyn Ernest Tiffani Thiessen and her mom's matching tattoos. Getty;Tiffani Thiessen/Instagram To kick off the new year, Tiffani Thiessen shared that she and her mom, Robyn Ernest, had gotten another set of matching tattoos. The two previously got matching hearts on their arms back in 2022 and in January 2024, the Saved by the Bell actress shared they were now both sporting butterflies on their hands. Thiessen revealed that the tattoo not only paid homage to her grandmother, but it's also a nod to her upcoming 50th birthday. This Couple Met on Trip to Ireland, Left With Matching Tattoos and Now They’re Planning a Wedding (Exclusive) "My mom and I both dedicated these tattoos to her," the cookbook author wrote of her grandmother. "She believed that butterflies symbolize transformation and rebirth and that after she left the human world, she would continue to show us she was with us in this form. 🦋" Thiessen added, "It also seems fitting as I feel a new sense of transformation as I’m about to turn 50." 05 of 05 Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Portrait. Yana Yatsuk/Rolling Stone/Penske Media via Getty As part of an episode of their show, Red Table Talk, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith received tattoos of an evolving lotus flower from artist Dr. Woo. Pinkett Smith gave an up-close look at the ink, writing, "Look what we did!!!!" on her Instagram. "The bud, to the little blossom to the bloom, also I feel like expresses the spiritual journey, but also the three of us," Willow said of the meaning behind the ink in the clip shared on Instagram. "I'm the youngest, you know, my mom is the middle and Gam is the fully bloomed lotus." Close