Dakota and Marissa Brinkman recently welcomed their first child.
Dakota and Marissa Brinkman have been married for three years and have just welcomed their first child. In June 2021, Ripley Lou Brinkman joined their two-person family.
Marissa shared the news on Instagram, alongside adorable photos of Ripley, Dakota, and herself, informing friends and family of her daughter’s safe birth. Dakota and Marissa’s relationship and marriage are examined here.
Relationships & Marriage
Except for what Marissa occasionally posts on her social media, little is known about Dakota and Marissa’s relationship. She shared a photo of herself and her hubby on their sixth wedding anniversary in June 2017.
On March 25, 2018, the couple married at the Star Hill Ranch wedding location near Bee Cave, Texas. Michael Boxleitner, Dakota’s younger half-brother, served as the groom’s best man. Lee Boxleitner and Sam Boxleitner, his two older stepbrothers, also acted as groomsmen.
Dakota and his wife shared on Instagram that they are expecting their first child in November 2020, with a photo of a calendar with the words “Baby Brinkman” written on top. A heart outline was used to highlight the baby’s due date of June 5, 2021.
Ripley Lous Brinkman, their daughter, was born on June 8, 2021, three days after the original due date.
Ripley turned two months old lately.
Melissa Gilbert, Dakota’s mother, took to Instagram to express her joy at being a grandma for the first time.
“So so happy to tell you all that @timbusfield and I are Nana and Papa to this sweet angel. Ripley Lou Brinkman… So proud of my son Dakota and his wife @martobes. She was a warrior through the whole process… “
Dakota and Gilbert are a couple now
Gilbert’s first kid, Dakota, was born on May 1, 1989. A year into her marriage, she and her then-husband, Bo Brinkman, welcomed him.
Gilbert rose to prominence at an early age as Laura Ingalls in the television series Little House on the Prairie, which she starred in from 1974 through 1983. Dakota, like his mother, made his acting debut when he was eight years old in the sensual thriller Laws of Deception in 1997.
Dakota, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to be interested in acting, as he only featured in two additional films: Safe Harbour (2007) and Shay (2009). (2016).
Dakota and Gilbert are good friends, and the Little House on the Prairie actress frequently posts photos with her granddaughter Ripley on social media.
Siblings
Gilbert and Bo Brinkman only have one child together, but Dakota has six step-brothers and sisters. Dakota’s parents divorced in 1994, and the following year, Gilbert married Bruce Boxleitner.
Bruce had two boys with his previous wife, Kathryn Holcomb: Sam Boxleitner and Lee Boxleitner. On October 6, 1995, he and Gilbert welcomed their son Michael Garrett Boxleitner into the world.
In 2011, Gilbert and Bruce divorced after 16 years of marriage. In 2013, she married Timothy Busfield, who she met two years prior.
Gilbert is a devoted stepmother to his three children from prior marriages — Samuel Busfield, Daisy Busfield, and Wilson Busfield — despite the fact that the couple has no children of their own.
