Sister Wives star Kody Brown and his four wives have a whopping total of 18 kids in
their family.
Needless to say, that's a lot of children to account for.
And although TLC has captured a ton of footage of the Brown children throughout the years,
there are still a few things viewers don't know about them — especially the older kids.
For example...
Mariah's relationship
In January 2017, Mariah Brown came out to her family and the world in an emotional episode
of Sister Wives.
"Okay, um…
I'm gay."
Although a lot of viewers were shocked by the admission, given Mariah's conservative
and religious background, many were rooting for her to find love.
The good news is Mariah did find someone off-camera shortly after she made her brave announcement:
Audrey Kriss, an artist and fellow classmate she met while she was a student at Utah's
Westminster College.
Mariah's mom Meri has publically accepted the relationship.
In December 2017, Meri took to Twitter to pen Kriss a touching birthday message.
"Thanks for being the amazing person you are & for loving Mariah.
So glad to have you in our lives!!"
Logan & Mariah's drinking
Despite their upbringing, Logan and Mariah Brown don't consider themselves Mormons.
The big revelation surfaced after some fans questioned a picture Logan shared of Mariah
enjoying a drink on her 21st birthday, which is a big no-no in the Mormon community.
Logan made this clear in two separate replies:
"It is typically discouraged in Mormonism but I'm not Mormon."
"Mariah and I are not members of the LDS/Mormon church."
Logan's long engagement
In September 2017, Logan announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, Michelle Petty.
Many fans were ecstatic about the news, considering the pair knew each other for a total of five
years and dated for three of them before taking things to the next level.
"Logan is sometimes high-strung, and Michelle knows how to calm him down and get him to
ease into it."
Logan is definitely "easing into" marriage: he still intends to hold off on walking down
the aisle for a few more years!
He made the surprising admission in January 2018 when a fan on Twitter asked him when
it would be his turn to say "I do."
"Haha I'm already engaged lol.
Marriage?
Quite a while, 2020."
Maddie's tangled family tree
When Maddie and her now-husband, Caleb Brush announced their engagement in September 2015,
the news raised a few eyebrows.
Why?
Well, it turns out Maddie and Brush share a family tree.
Yep, Maddie and Brush are sort of related, but they aren't blood relatives.
According to a report from Radar Online, Brush is the brother of Maddie's dad Kody's brother's
widow.
Translation: Maddie is married to her aunt's brother.
Dayton's diagnosis
Shortly after Robyn entered the Brown family in 2010, she started to open up about her
eldest son, Dayton, and his struggle with Asperger Syndrome.
Although a lot of viewers know that Dayton has Asperger's, not many know about how and
when he was diagnosed.
Robyn revealed that and more in a blog post from January 2018:
"[Dayton] would sit for hours setting up cars around the edge of a table or lining up his
dinosaurs according to size.
If anyone messed any of it up he would fall apart."
When Dayton was in the 2nd grade, the school counselor and psychologist asked to do some
tests, ultimately leading to this diagnosis.
Robyn says Dayton is now thriving.
"[Dayton is] armed with knowledge about how his brain works.
He challenges himself and his behaviors on a regular basis."
Mariah's liberal views
Many Sister Wives fans might be shocked to learn that Mariah holds extremely liberal
views given her conservative background and her past homophobic views.
She told People,
"It was something I was so scared of in myself.
If you were to ask me my biggest fear, it would have been to be gay."
Shortly after coming out, Mariah started to gravitate toward more liberal ideas and feminist
ideals.
And on January 21, 2018, Mariah penned a lengthy message on Instagram about the anniversary
of the Women's March that made her politics clear:
"A year ago today I was marching my ass off on Washington with some of my favorite feminists.
I will never stop marching for justice & equity, for gender equality, racial equality, for
the chance that all people can succeed."
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