What Millie Bobby Brown Shares in Common with Her Mom After Welcoming Baby

Millie Bobby Brown and her mom, Kelly Brown, are more alike than now than ever. 

The actress, 21, announced on Thursday, Aug. 21 that she’d welcomed a baby girl through adoption with her husband, Jake Bongiovi, stating that “we are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy.”

Before revealing that she was now a mom, Millie previously shared that Kelly was also the same age when she had her. “My mom actually had her first child at 21, and my dad was 19. And you know, it’s been my thing since before I met Jake,” the Enola Holmes star said while appearing on a March episode of the Smartless podcast.

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“Since I was a baby, I told my mom, like, baby dolls. I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me,” she continued. 

“And my nan, my grandmother is, she was a huge part of my life. And so, yeah, I mean, Jake knows how important it is to me and, of course, I want to focus on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I also find it’s so important to start a family for me personally,” Millie went on. “It’s a huge thing. Jake was like, we cannot do that until we get married. So that was his thing.”

Per the joint Instagram posted on Thursday, Millie and Bongiovi confirmed that they’d become parents to a newborn daughter — just like Kelly had over decades prior. “This summer we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption,” the shared. “And then there were 3.”

Prior to that, the pair — who sparked romance rumors in June 2021 when Bongiovi shared a selfie with the actress — first connected through Instagram. They “were friends for a bit” before they started dating, the actress told Wired in 2022. The couple then secretly married in May 2024.

In October, the couple posted photos on Instagram from their celebration at Villa Cetinale in Italy with family and friends. “Forever and always, your wife,” the actress captioned the carousel, which featured photos from their nuptials and Brown’s two stunning bridal gowns.

Bongiovi also shared his own set of images on Instagram from the couple’s special day. “Forever and always, your husband,” he captioned photos of the newlyweds. In his carousel, the couple can be seen exchanging vows under white floral arch. In other photos, the pair smiles in front of rows of tall trees. Bongiovi also shared a shot with his dad Jon Bon Jovi.