Duck Dynasty stars Mary Kate and John Luke Robertson expect — and even they admit the information caught them abruptly.
“Completely thrilled to inform y’all we’re welcoming TWINS to our household early subsequent 12 months!!! Essentially the most great, loopy shock blessing of our lives ha! Two new little Robertson ladies!🩷🩷,” Mary Kay wrote through Instagram on Friday, October 3, saying her being pregnant.
The pair are already mother and pop to 3 kids: John, 6, Ella, 4, and Wells, 2.
In an interview with This Redeemed Life in February 2017, Mary Kate shared that she and John Luke, 29, met once they had been each attending a Christian summer time camp in Louisiana.
“My lady’s cabin and his man’s cabin obtained paired up for the week and one among our first conversations was when our workforce selected the 2 of us to characterize them within the wall-sit competitors,” she defined to the outlet on the time. “We obtained to speak throughout that competitors to get our minds off the ache. I particularly keep in mind asking about his siblings, which I might by no means have imagined can be my future brothers and sister-in-laws!”
The duo met once more after Mary Kate and her sister transferred to the identical highschool John Luke attended.
“On the time, he was touring so much due to their household’s tv present, however at any time when he got here again, he all the time had a number of enjoyable tales to share with me,” she mentioned. “For the subsequent 12 months and a half, we remained actually good buddies, as our lives crossed so much being in a small college, having mutual buddies, and being on the identical tennis workforce.”
They formally started courting in March 2014 and obtained engaged seven months later.

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Mary Kate and John Luke celebrated daughter Ella’s start through Instagram in April 2021. “Welcome to the world child Ella!” John Luke wrote through the platform. “You might be sooo cute!! Good to have a baby that appears like me.”
They beforehand introduced Mary Kate’s being pregnant in November 2020.
The couple welcomed their oldest son, Shep, in October 2019. “Hello child John Shepherd!!” Mary Kate captioned a photograph shared through Instagram of their son. “He determined to shock us 10 days early on October 14, 2019, and we’re in loveeeee.”
John Luke introduced information of Shep’s impending arrival in Might 2019.
“Yep, that’s a child,” the previous actuality star captioned a photograph shared through Instagram that confirmed him holding out a sonogram image whereas Mary Kate cradled her child bump.
Mary Kate shared the identical photograph on Instagram, writing within the caption, “Simply needed to say thanks to everybody who has congratulated us and left the sweetest feedback about our child we’re anticipating! We have now felt so liked and it’s been actually particular seeing everybody enthusiastic about this little dude! We’re over the moon excited to fulfill him in October and I’m simply so grateful for the Lord entrusting us with this unbelievable reward. Excited to fulfill our candy child boy in October!!!”
Followers first met John Luke on the hit A&E collection Duck Dynasty, which featured brothers Phil and Si Robertson in addition to Phil’s sons Jase, Willie and Jep. John Luke is the son of Willie.
The unique collection aired on the community from 2012 to 2017 and adopted the household’s adventures as they navigated working their duck hunter provider enterprise Duck Commander. A&E introduced a reboot of the collection in 2025.


