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‘Sister Wives’: A Complete Guide to Kody Brown’s 18 Kids With Meri, Janelle, Christine & Robyn
Sister Wives returns for a brand-new season on September 28, but there’s technically only one sister wife left in the TLC series. In the years since Kody Brown debuted his polygamist lifestyle to the world, three of Kody’s four wives (Meri, Janelle, and Christine Brown) have left him.
Over the course of two decades, Kody has welcomed 18 children with his sister wives. Despite growing up around plural marriage, Kody doesn’t think any of his kids will pursue that in the future. “I could possibly see it if one of my daughters wanted to marry a married man. I don’t think the experience they’ve had with our family would make them want to do that,” he said in the trailer for the new season of Sister Wives.
Swooon has assembled a complete guide to all the Sister Wives kids. We’ve explained the family tree through Kody’s relationships with Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn.
Meri and Kody Brown
Meri was Kody’s first legal wife. They met in 1989 at church and married in 1990, six months after they met. Committed to polygamy, they soon added Janelle and Christine as sister wives, though they were only “spiritually married” to Kody. Meri and Kody legally divorced in 2014 so he could marry Robyn and adopt her kids from a previous relationship. Meri remained a part of Kody’s plural marriage lifestyle until January 2023, when they separated after 32 years. Meri has since ended their marriage through their church and started dating again.
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Leon Brown (born on July 29, 1995)
Meri and Kody welcomed Leon in 1995. Their child came out as transgender and queer in 2022. Leon married their partner, Audrey Kriss, in October 2022.
Janelle and Kody Brown
Janelle and Kody were spiritually married in 1993. Throughout their relationship, they welcomed six children together. After years of issues, Janelle and Kody separated in 2022. Since splitting from Kody, Janelle has moved to North Carolina to live near her daughter, Maddie.
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Logan Brown (born on May 21, 1994)
Janelle and Kody’s first child, Logan, was born in 1994. He went on to attend and graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Logan married his college girlfriend, Michelle Petty, in October 2022.
Madison “Maddie” Brown (born on November 3, 1995)
Janelle and Kody’s second kid, Maddie, enrolled in Utah State University but later dropped out. She married her boyfriend, Caleb Brush, in 2016. Maddie and Caleb’s first child, son Axel, was born in May 2017. Their second child, daughter Evangalynn, was born in August 2019. When Maddie was pregnant, Evangalynn was diagnosed with oligodactyly, a congenital anomaly that means the absence of fewer than five fingers on a hand. After she was born, Evangalynn was also diagnosed with fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia and oligosyndactyly (FATCO) syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects bone formation in the uterus.
Maddie and Caleb welcomed their third child, daughter Josephine, in February 2023, followed by their fourth child, daughter Emilia, in March 2025. They have since moved to North Carolina, where Maddie’s mom, Janelle, has joined them. The mother-daughter duo and Maddie’s husband have opened up Taeda Farms in Chocowinity, North Carolina.
Hunter Brown (born on February 9, 1997)
Hunter graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in April 2020. He went on to attend nursing school and earned his master’s degree from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in May 2022. That same year, he moved back to Arizona.
Garrison Brown (born on April 10, 1998)
Garrison enlisted in 2015 and became a Staff Sergeant in the Army National Guard. He died by suicide on March 4, 2024. He was 25 years old. He was found by his younger brother, Gabe.
In a May 2025 episode of Sister Wives, Janelle opened up about her son’s tragic death and acknowledged he had a drinking problem. “I don’t know what happened that night he did that because he’s had other nights like this where he would drink and then pass out, and he would go kind of radio silent, but he’d be back in the morning,” she said. “I don’t know. I don’t know what happened this time.”
On the one-year anniversary of her son’s death, Janelle wrote on Instagram, “I stay busy but in EVERY quiet moment you are first and foremost in my thoughts. It’s been a year baby. We miss you so much. I miss you so much.” She has continued to document her grieving process and share photos of Garrison on social media.
Gabriel “Gabe” Brown (born on October 11, 2001)
As of 2025, Gabe is living in Chicago. “You are such a dynamic and special kid. I love you to pieces. I hope you celebrate today in style!” Janelle wrote on Instagram in honor of his 23rd birthday. In July 2025, he visited Janelle in North Carolina with his girlfriend.
Savanah Brown (born on December 7, 2004)
Janelle and Kody welcomed their youngest in 2004. She graduated from a high school in Flagstaff in 2023, which reunited Janelle and Kody.
Christine and Kody Brown
Christine and Kody first met in 1990, but it took four years for them to go on their first date. A month after going out on Valentine’s Day in 1994, Christine and Kody were spiritually married. They welcomed six kids together. In November 2021, Christine became the first of Kody’s wives to leave him. Christine and Kody’s split got messy at times, which caused family drama.
Christine started dating David Woolley, and they got engaged in April 2023. They wed months later in October 2023. Christine released her memoir, Sister Wife, on September 2.
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Aspyn Brown (born on March 14, 1995)
Kody and Christine’s first child was born in 1995. She attended college the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Aspyn got engaged to Mitch Thompson in January 2018, and they wed months later in June. In April 2025, Aspyn announced she was expecting her first child. She made the exciting reveal in a local news segment about Mother’s Day.
Mykelti Brown (born on June 9, 1996)
Mykelti followed in her sister and half-brother’s footsteps and enrolled in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She married Antonio Padron in 2016. They welcomed their first child, Avalon, in April 2021. Mykelti and Antonio had twin sons, Archer and Ace, in November 2022. Mykelti and Antonio are very active on social media.
Paedon Brown (born on August 7, 1998)
Christine and Kody welcomed their first son in 1998. In 2019, he joined the National Guard. As of December 2024, Paedon is now living in North Carolina. “We are so happy that Paedon is now a resident of NC . He even has a job and an apartment so I figure he is really sticking around,” Janelle wrote on Instagram.
Gwendlyn Brown (born on October 15, 2001)
Gwendlyn got engaged to her girlfriend, Beatriz Queiroz, in December 2022. They married in July 2023. Gwendlyn graduated from Northern Arizona University in December 2024 with a bachelor of science in biology and minors in psychology and Spanish.
Ysabel Brown (born on March 7, 2003)
Ysabel is now 22 years old and has spent the last couple of years traveling. In 2020, she underwent surgery to correct her scoliosis. Kody did not join Christine and Ysabel for the operation, which caused further problems for Christine and Kody’s marriage.
“I think his priorities are a little screwed up,” Ysabel said in an episode of Sister Wives. “And l don’t want to disrespect him because he is my dad and I understand, I do. I do understand why he’s doing it, it’s just really frustrating and really, really hard.”
Truely Brown (born on April 13, 2010)
Kody and Christine’s youngest is now 15 years old. When she was three, Truely was hospitalized after suffering acute kidney failure and dehydration. Following Kody and Christine’s split, they engaged in a custody battle over their youngest child. Truely now lives primarily with Christine and her stepfather, David, in Utah.
Robyn and Kody Brown
Robyn was the fourth sister wife to join the family, and she’s currently Kody’s only wife. Robyn and Kody were “spiritually married” at first, but then they legally married in 2014 so Kody could adopt Robyn’s three kids from her previous marriage to David Jessop.
Robyn has openly struggled with the demise of Kody’s other marriages. “I had a different plan for my life,” she admitted in a Sister Wives Tell All. “I was going to live a plural marriage. I was going to be a part of a big picture, a big family. That’s been taken away from me.”
Dayton Brown (born on January 16, 2000)
Dayton is Robyn’s first child with her ex-husband. In a blog post, Robyn revealed that she was told that Dayton had Asperger’s Syndrome in second grade. Dayton went off to college in 2018.
Aurora Brown (born on June 4, 2002)
Robyn and her ex-husband welcomed their second child in 2002. Like her older brother, Aurora lives a fairly private life out of public eye. In a December 2024 episode of Sister Wives, Aurora addressed her stance on plural marriage. “I don’t have the same call to it that you and Dad do and did,” she told her mom.
Breanna Brown (born on July 10, 2005)
Breanna, Robyn’s third and last child with her ex-husband, celebrated her 20th birthday in July 2025. In the same December 2024 episode as her older sister, Breanna admitted that she wasn’t too keen on the idea of plural marriage at the moment. “I have conflicting thoughts,” she said. “But right now I’m just, I don’t think so. I’m not sure if I want to live that.”
Solomon Brown (born on October 26, 2011)
Robyn and Kody welcomed their first child together in 2011. His birth was chronicled in an episode of Sister Wives titled “Sisters’ Special Delivery.” He has been featured on Sister Wives over the years when the show focuses on what’s going on in Kody and Robyn’s house.
Ariella Brown (born on January 10, 2016)
Robyn and Kody’s second child together, Ariella, was born in 2016. She is Kody’s 18th child. Like her siblings, Ariella has grown up in front of the cameras. During Season 19, Janelle said she felt that Kody and Robyn “mismanaged” their children because Ariella would get upset when Kody would leave to go to another wife’s house.
“He couldn’t be away for more than three or four days because Ari just gets so sad or whatever. I’m like that was poor parenting,” Janelle said. “Throughout the history of the family, the other kids did it. And they’re fine. They’re all well-adjusted adults.”
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