Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome second child

17 September 2026

The actress of Stranger ThingsMillie Bobby Brown, 22, and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, 24, welcomed their second child through adoption, a source confirmed to the magazine PEOPLE.

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The couple had recently hinted that their family had grown in an Instagram post by the actress on September 7. In one video, she appears with their daughter in her arms, while Bongiovi walks alongside her, a baby carrier attached to her chest. The face of the new family member, however, is hidden.

The video shows the couple enjoying a walk with alpacas in the Dolomites, Italy.

Almost a year ago, Millie Bobby Brown announced the arrival of their first daughter, also adopted.

“This summer, we welcomed our adorable little girl through adoption. We are more than enthusiastic about starting this magnificent new chapter in our life as parents, in serenity and privacy,” she wrote on Instagram in August 2025. “And then, there were three of us. »

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Millie Bobby Brown and her husband Jake Bongiovi

During an interview given in June to the show Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelcethe star ofEnola Holmes had revealed that adoption had always been part of his plans.

“It was always part of my childhood dreams,” she explained. Brown said in particular that at the age of 5 or 6, all of his dolls were adopted.

“I’ve never had any ‘organic’ ones myself. And I never pretended to be pregnant. »

The actress, however, had clarified that she also wanted to have biological children one day.

“It’s not because I don’t want to. I hope this will be part of my future,” she said.

She summed up her desire to adopt as follows: “Adoption is love; adoption is for life. »

Olivia Parker

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