Melissa Etheridge's partner delivers twins

Boy and girl were conceived using anonymous sperm donor

updated 6:57 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2006

LOS ANGELES - Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, are the new parents of twins, the couple announced.

Michaels gave birth to a boy and girl Tuesday: son Miller Steven and daughter Johnnie Rose.

“Tammy and the babies are in excellent health,” Etheridge said on her Web site. The babies were conceived using an anonymous donor from a sperm bank.

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“The creation of life brings about immeasurable love, and pours hope into the future. The joy will help carry us through our upcoming sleepless nights,” the couple said in a statement Friday.

Etheridge, 45, and Michaels, 31, held a commitment ceremony in 2003. The Grammy-winning singer has two children from her relationship with former partner Julie Cypher: daughter Bailey Jean and son Beckett. Cypher had the children through artificial insemination using a sperm donation from rock legend David Crosby.

Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, but is now cancer-free. She last released a greatest hits album titled “The Road Less Traveled.”

Michaels starred on the 2005 NBC comedy “Committed” and has appeared on Showtime’s “The L Word.”