Jenelle Evans' 3 Kids: All About Jace, Kaiser and Ensley

Mar. 15, 2025

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Jenelle Evans' parenting journey has had its ups and downs.

Evans then joined the cast ofTeen Mom 2in 2011, and viewers watched her first year of motherhood unfold, which included plenty of struggles as she balanced the responsibilities of parenthood with wanting to be a normal teenager. Not long after Jace’s birth, Evans signed over custody of her son, whose father was not in the picture, to her mom, Barbara.

The young mom went on to welcome two more children: son Kaiser Orion, 10, with her ex-boyfriend Nathan Griffith, and daughter Ensley Jolie, 8, with her estranged husband, David Eason, whom shelegally separated from in March 2024.

Evans temporarily lost custody of her two younger children in May 2019 after Eason allegedly shot and killed their family dog for biting their then-2-year-old daughter in the face. That July, the reality star confirmed to PEOPLE she hadregained custodyof Kaiser and Ensley.

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After 13 years, Evansregained full custody of her eldest child, Jace, in March 2023.

Read on to learn more about Jenelle Evans' three children.

Jace Vahn Evans, 15

Evans welcomed her first child, son Jace Vahn Evans, on Aug. 2, 2009, when she was just 17 years old. At the time, Evans was filming16 and Pregnantand still dating his father, Andrew Lewis. However, the pair split shortly after Jace’s birth and Lewis was not involved in Jace’s life.

With Jace’s father out of the picture and Evans struggling with issues in her personal life, she signed over custody of Jace to her mother.

Over the years, Evans has spoken openly about hownot having custody of Jacehas been difficult for her. “This persona that I’m just a bad mom… I do everything in my world for my kids, and I try my hardest to be the best damn mom I can be,” she said on Instagram in October 2022.

After 13 years and many custody disputes with her mom, Evansregained full custody of Jacein March 2023. She posted an emotional video of her signing the papers on Instagram, explaining her mom Barbara is “completely fine” with the decision.

“She’s like, ‘I’m ready to have my freedom. I’m ready to go on a cruise.’ And her and her friend have a cruise already planned,” Evans said in the video.

Despite living with Barbara for much of his childhood, Jace has still spent plenty of time with his mom and his two younger siblings.

In August 2022, the whole family celebrated Jace’s 13th birthday with a day of dirt biking. The festivities even included a dirt bike themed-cake.

“JACE IS 13 YEARS OLD 🤯💗😭 #HappyBirthday #MindBlown,” Evans wrote alongside avideo compilationof the day.

In addition to dirt biking, Jace is also into sports, particularly soccer. In May 2022, Evans shared selfies of the mother-son duo at one ofJace’s soccer games.

Kaiser Orion Griffith, 10

Evans' second son, Kaiser Orion Griffith, was born on June 30, 2014, to Evans and her ex-boyfriend Nathan Griffith.

The former couple broke up in August 2015 and havefought over custody of Kaiserseveral times over the years. Currently, Evans has primary custody of Kaiser, while Griffith has his son every other weekend, according to acustody agreement settledin October 2020.

When speaking to PEOPLE about her past pregnancies, Evans revealed that she had a hard time with Kaiser’s delivery.

“One time I almost lost it during pregnancy, it was my second son, Kaiser,” Evans said. “The epidural just didn’t work and they came in and fixed it, [but] it didn’t work again. So, they just said ‘Welp, we just got to do it.’ So, I did it natural birth, and it was the worst pain in my life.”

When Kaiser was little, he had some health scares which Evans opened up about on Instagram, including aninfected abscess in his groinwhen he was 6 years old, as well assurgery to remove adenoidswhen he was 4 years old.

Now at age 10, Kaiser is happy and healthy. In July 2022, he had his first day of third grade. The proud mom shared photos of him and his sister Ensley as theyheaded off to school. “I’m not crying, you’re crying! All my babies are officially in school now 😭📚💗 #FirstDayOfSchool,” Evans wrote in the caption.

Ensley Jolie Eason, 8

Evans and her estranged husband, David Eason, whom she married in September 2017,welcomed their daughter, Ensley Jolie Eason, on Jan. 24, 2017.

In May 2019, when Ensley was just 2 years old, the family’s dog Nuggetbit her in the face, prompting Eason to shoot and kill the dog. The controversy led to Evans beingfired fromTeen Mom 2.Eason had already beenfired in 2018 after posting homophobic tweets.

Evansregained custody of Ensley and Kaiserin July 2019. “I am ecstatic to regain custody of my kids back!” she said in a statement.

Ensley also appears to have a passion for makeup and perhaps a future career as a makeup artist. In April 2022, Evans shared avideo of Ensleygiving herself a makeover, captioned: “Little #MUA n the making! 💄💗.”

source: people.com