Just weeks after losing their Malibu home in the deadly Los Angeles-area fires, Milo Ventimiglia and his wife, Jarah Mariano, welcomed their first child.
In a post on Instagram on Friday, Mariano announced the birth of daughter Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia, born on Jan. 23. The post featured a close-up of the couple’s hands, their dog’s paw and their new little one’s feet.
“Houseless, never homeless,” Mariano captioned her post.
“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,” she wrote. “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 also expressed gratitude for their safety and support of family, friends and the Los Angeles community.
“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 continued.
The couple, who married in Hawaii in 2023, announced their pregnancy in September 2024.
Ventimiglia and Mariano fled their Malibu home earlier this month because of fires. The “This Is Us” star told CBS News that he watched on security cameras as his home went up in flames.
“You start thinking about all the memories in different parts of the house and what not, and then you see your neighbors’ houses and everything kind of around and your heart just breaks,” Ventimiglia said.
“We got good friends, and we got good people we’re working with, and we’ll make do… Wife and baby and dog, most important,” he added.
