LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Since Ricky Martin made it fashionable to be gay and having kids, another iconic singer has decided to be a father. Sir Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, are now the parents of 7-pound, 15-ounce Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, born on Christmas Day. The couple had the child via a surrogate in California.

In 2009, John tried to adopt a 14-month old, HIV-positive boy from the Ukraine but the request was denied, with the former USSR country citing that John was too old and unmarried to adopt per its rules. John is 62 years old and Furnish is 48. The couple has been together since 2005. This is the first child for both of them.

“For many years we have talked about fulfilling one of our greatest wishes by becoming parents,” said John. “And now this wish has been granted to us, we feel so blessed and lucky.”

John is British and one of the most wellknown and well respected singers of all time with hits such as “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues,” “Candle In the Wind,” and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me.”

Furnish is a Canadian filmmaker and producer most known for his documentary, “Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras.” Furnish had been the one who wanted to have children, but John had reservations at first.

“David always wanted to adopt a child and I always said ‘no’ because I am 62 and I think because of the traveling I do and the life I have, maybe it wouldn’t be fair for the child,” John said.

The couple were god parents for six different children including: John Lennon’s son, Sean; Elizabeth Hurley’s son, Damien; and David and Victoria Beckham’s sons Brooklyn and Romeo.