Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome second child through adoption
Actress Millie Bobby Brown and her husband Jake Bongiovi have expanded their family with the adoption of a second baby, thirteen months after welcoming their first daughter.
Expansion through adoption
Actress Millie Bobby Brown, 22, and her husband Jake Bongiovi, 24, have welcomed their second child through adoption. The arrival became public on 17 September 2026, following a joint social media post showing a baby's hand captioned "Hello, little boy" or "Hello, little one", depending on regional reporting. Sources confirmed the adoption to People magazine, with representatives for the couple not immediately providing additional statements. The adoption comes approximately 13 months after the couple welcomed their first daughter in August 2025. Speculation arose on 7 September 2026, when Brown shared a video of their vacation in Italy's Dolomites region showing Bongiovi carrying an infant carrier on his chest while Brown held their eldest child.
- Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi begin dating
- The couple announces their engagement
- Brown and Bongiovi marry in a private ceremony in Italy
- The couple welcomes their first daughter through adoption
- A vacation video in the Dolomites shows Bongiovi carrying an infant carrier
- Reports confirm the couple has welcomed their second child via adoption
Perspectives on parenthood and adoption
Brown has frequently discussed her desire to build a large family through adoption, a personal goal she held before meeting Bongiovi. In an appearance on Kylie Kelce's podcast "Not Gonna Lie" in June, the actress explained that adoption had been part of her childhood imagination from an early age.
When I was 5 or 6 years old, I was already playing as if all my dolls were adopted. I never pretended to be pregnant.
While Brown noted on the podcast that biological pregnancy remains a possibility for her future, she emphasized that adoption represents enduring family love. In March 2025, during an interview on the "SmartLess" podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, Brown addressed commentary regarding starting a family in her early twenties, noting that her mother had her first child at 21 and her father was 19.
My thing was, I really want a family. I really want a big family. I'm one of four. He's one of four. It is definitely in our future. But, for me, I don't see having your own child as really any different as in adopting.
Marriage timeline and family support
Brown and Bongiovi, the son of rock singer Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley, have been together since 2021. The couple announced their engagement in 2023, quoting lyrics from Taylor Swift's song "Lover", before marrying in Italy in May 2024 in a ceremony officiated by Brown's "Stranger Things" co-star Matthew Modine. In interviews with publications including Glamour, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Allure, Brown shared that motherhood gave her greater personal confidence and altered her perspective on life. Bongiovi's family publicly celebrated the couple's parenting journey, with Jon Bon Jovi discussing grandfatherhood on the "Dumb Blonde" podcast in September 2025.
They adopted a girl, and we met the baby, obviously, and immediately, that becomes your grandchild, you know what I mean? Your baby. So it's beautiful.
Professional milestones and screen projects
The growth of the family coincides with several career developments for Brown. The British actress gained international recognition at age 11 portraying Eleven in Netflix's "Stranger Things", which concluded its fifth and final season in three parts in late 2025. In July 2026, Netflix released her feature film "Enola Holmes 3". Brown is also attached to star alongside former co-star David Harbour in an upcoming Netflix spy drama series written by Jack Thorne.
