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Milo Ventimiglia and his wife, Jarah Mariano, are officially parents — just weeks after losing their home in the Los Angeles wildfires.

“Houseless, never homeless. Welcome back Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia 1.23.25,” Marinao began on Friday, January 31, via Instagram. “Jan 7th my family & I evacuated from the Palisades Fire. We lost our home that we were living in & everything we own, as well as our home under construction that we were about to move into. I was 38 weeks pregnant & I had done an evacuation only a few weeks prior during the Franklin Fire as well. I take it as a gift that I was able to essentially do a practice run for what was inevitably to come. I’m also forever grateful that we were able to evacuate from the Palisades Fire in the daytime, when we could feel more prepared & not caught completely off guard in the middle of the night, for example.”

She noted that her family is “together, happy, healthy and safe, which is truly all that matters.”

“We are deeply grateful to all of the heroes who help battle fires, as well as care for everyone affected by the aftermath for years to come. This will be an extended process of rebuilding and grieving for many, but we are feeling optimistic & inspired to welcome all of the exciting newness of our fresh start!” Mariano continued. “A special thank you to all of those who have supported my family & I in this time; friends, family, my birthing team, hospital staff, companies gifting, LA community and beyond. Your love & generosity means everything to us.”

She concluded: “Gentle reminder to all, to please allow us this time & space to nest with our newborn in such a delicate phase. We already have everything we need in abundance & will be back around with updates in our own time.” The post was signed, “Sending you Aloha + Light always, Jarah, Milo, Ke’a Duke.”

Mariano announced her pregnancy in September 2024 by sharing maternity photos via Instagram. “Baby on board!” she captioned two shots of herself showing off her baby bump in a bikini while floating on a surfboard in the ocean in Hawaii. In the first picture, she cradled her growing belly, while the second image showed her making a “shaka” hand sign alongside another person (presumably Ventimiglia) whose face was not seen in the frame.

Us Weekly broke the news in October 2023 that Ventimiglia and Mariano quietly tied the knot in a private ceremony with family and close friends in attendance. The news came after the couple were first linked in 2022, but they did not confirm their relationship until their wedding.

Days before revealing her pregnancy, Mariano celebrated her first anniversary with Ventimiglia. “Last year I married my best friend,” she wrote via Instagram in September 2024. “There aren’t enough words that exist to describe all the special qualities that make him who he is.”

She continued: “All I can say is that I am grateful for the life that we have together and the happiness that we have created Aloha wau iā ‘oe my husband Milo.” (The phrase means “I love you” in Hawaiian.)

The pair have mostly kept their relationship out of the spotlight, but Ventimiglia previously gushed over Mariano in a February 2024 interview with Entertainment Tonight.

“When I saw my wife, I was always just, like, ‘Oh no, she’s my wife,’” he recalled. “Right away, I kinda knew. … I think if anything, you know [that] you just got a partner that you’re gonna be there with, you’re gonna work with, you’re gonna find the joy [with]. And when pain hits you guys, you got to get through it together.”

Years before Ventimiglia and Mariano — who shares a last name with the actor’s Gilmore Girls character, Jess — started their family, he hinted that fatherhood was in his plans for the future, explaining how his role as patriarch Jack Pearson on NBC’s This Is Us impacted him.

“It doesn’t make me want to have a family any more than I think I’m built to want a strong family unit,” Ventimiglia exclusively told Us in 2017. “It will happen when it happens. I’m not out seeking it. It’s just kind of, I’m present in the space in my life that when it presents itself and it’s right, I’m sure it will work out.”

In the meantime, working with kids on the series was a “blast” for Ventimiglia, who tried out his parenting skills on set.

“I don’t have kids, I have nieces and nephews,” he said at the time. “I feel like I get to act out a little bit of my own paternal want to influence a young mind, shape a young mind, to approach life in a positive way.”