Yellowjackets' Samantha Hanratty Welcomes Her Baby, a Boy, with Husband Christian DeAnda: 'My World Got Brighter'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Samantha Hanrattyis a mom!

Alongside a black-and-white photo showing the actress' infant’s hand wrapped around her finger, she wrote, “And just like that…my world got brighter☀️12-31-24.”

On her Instagram story, she shared a photo from her celebrations out last year, comparing them to a quiet end to this year, as she soaks up time with her newborn.

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Samantha Hanratty shares photo of her newborn on New Year’s Eve.Samantha Hanratty/Instagram

“Still in shock and its been 4 months!” she wrote beneath the video. “I will be sharing more from my journey because it has been a wild one! Come follow this new adventure ♥️♥️♥️.”

Later that fall, in September, Hanratty shared thatshe’d learned her son would be born with a cleft lip, announcing the news in a video posted toher TikTok.

“And at first, the news was obviously shocking because it doesn’t run in my family, it doesn’t run in my husband’s family,” she continued. “And the biggest thing that we all want is that we want our kids to be happy and we want our kids to be healthy.”

Hanratty went on to say that finding out her son will be going through several surgeries so soon after birth was tough, but she’s thankful to have found wonderful specialists to work with.

“I am already preparing for the fact that I will not be able to nurse. I will be pumping and doing formula and it’s been emotional, but I think that both me and my husband are at peace with the fact that we know that he’s going to be okay.”

At the end of the video, Hanratty said that whenever she gets a little sad or scared, her son “kicks me and reminds me that he’s fine and that he’s going to be okay.”

source: people.com