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Exclusive: Parker's first photo with newborn twins

NEW YORK --A week after the birth of their twin daughters, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick debuted the babies in an official family photo.

It's the first glimpse of Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick, born June 22 at an Ohio hospital to a surrogate mother.

The photo, taken Monday in New York, shows a happy family: Parker and Broderick smile, each cradling a twin -- she, Marion, he, Tabitha. Their 6-year-old son, James Wilkie Broderick, is in between mom and dad, gazing down at little sis Marion.

Parker, 44, and Broderick, 47, follow the lead of other celebrity parents who have publicly released family photos in an effort to stave off the paparazzi by diminishing the value of exclusive shots of their newborn children.

The couple did not profit from the photo, whereas, in recent years, celebrities have brokered million-dollar deals with celebrity magazines. 

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