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21-Year-Old ‘Stranger Things’ Star Makes Surprise Adoption Announcement

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, married in 2024, welcomed their first child through adoption this summer, embracing parenthood with privacy and joy.

  • On August 21, 2025, the couple announced they had expanded their family by adopting a baby girl.
  • Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, who began dating in 2021, quietly got married in May 2024 and had been considering starting a family, including exploring adoption as an option.
  • Brown expressed a lifelong wish to have children and stated she does not see having biological or adopted children as different.
  • In a joint Instagram announcement, the couple shared that they have joyfully expanded their family by adopting a baby girl this year, ending the message with, "And then there were 3."
  • The announcement signals the start of a new chapter, with the couple excited to embrace parenthood in peace and privacy in a loving home.
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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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