Jensen Ackles' 3 Kids: All About Justice, Zeppelin and Arrow

Not only is Jensen Ackles “the sexiest TV star,” according to PEOPLE readers, but he’s also a devoted family man.

Jensen and his wife Danneel Harris Ackles have been together since 2006, when they both starred in the romantic comedy A ten inch heroand later got married in 2010. The Supernatural the stars welcomed their first child in 2013, and three years later the couple expanded their family once again — with twins!

The couple now lives in Austin, Texas, near Jensen’s hometown of Dallas, with their three children: daughter Justice Jay and fraternal twins, Zeppelin Bram and Arrow Rhodes.

“As we were driving, Danneel and I both looked at our real estate agent and said, ‘Look, that’s the kind of house we’re looking for,'” Jensen said. Architectural Digest their child-friendly family home, which the couple loved so much they convinced the previous owners to sell them the unlisted house.

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While the family may have put down roots in Austin, Jensen and Danneel also enjoy taking their children on the road. The Ackles crew went to Disneyland in March 2022 to celebrate Danneel’s birthday, where they posed in front of the castle and even rode a few roller coasters.

“Yesterday was @danneelackles512’s birthday and in keeping with tradition…she threw a party for the kids,” Jensen captioned a series of pictures from the day.

In April 2022, Danneel posted a photo of the five in New Orleans, where the pair were filming their long-awaited Supernatural spinoff, The Winchesters.

“I feel blessed and grateful to be with my family and friends in this great city where I find endless inspiration and magic around every corner,” she captioned the sweet family photo.

Keep reading to get to know Jensen and Danneel Ackles’ three children.

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Justice Jay, also affectionately known as “JJ,” was born on May 30, 2013. “Happy to announce the birth of our precious baby girl,” Danneel tweeted a week later, announcing her arrival into the world. – She was born happy and healthy.

JJ recently walked alongside her father on her first red carpet at the premiere of a Disney+ movie zombies 3. “Proud daddy moment,” the actor captioned the sweet Instagram post. “She took JJ to her first ‘Hollywood premiere’. She walked the carpet like a pro (a pro who stuck by her dad).”

Supernatural fans can actually thank JJ for helping her get her dad on Instagram — she inspired Jensen to open his account when she was just 2 years old! “In an effort to crush some posers, my daughter is helping me start Instagram,” Jensen joked Twitter in 2015 “Chk it out. Hint: it’s just my name.” His first post on the platform was a sweet snap of him and JJ, captioned “Hello Instagram.”

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In honor of JJ’s 10th birthday in May 2023, Jensen shared a father-daughter selfie on Instagram, as well as a photo of his baby girl looking all grown up.

“I’m 10 years old today. A whole decade. I can’t. What’s going on?!” he wrote. “Well…happy birthday, Birdie. I love you forever🫶🏼.”

Zeppelin Bram Ackles and Arrow Rhodes Ackles, 8

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On December 2, 2016, Jensen and Danneel welcomed son Zeppelin Bram and daughter Arrow Rhodes into the world.

While Danneel was the one to announce JJ’s birth, this time Jensen shared the good news on Instagram. “Danneel, JJ and I are excited to announce the birth of our twins Zeppelin Bram and Arrow Rhodes,” Dr. Seussa Thing 1 and Thing 2. “They were born early yesterday morning. Everyone is doing great! #twining.”

And while it may appear that the couple named Zeppelin after the iconic band Led Zeppelin, it turns out that the inspiration for the moniker has little to do with rock music.

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Jensen later explained during an appearance on Living with Kelly and Ryan that the couple’s unique names influenced the names of their three children and that it took him and Danneel two days to come up with “Zeppelin”.

“The grandparents are there and they’re all throwing out names and they’re all looking at the ‘Top 100 Baby Names’ pages and I’m like, ‘We’re not going to find a name there,'” he recalled, before recounting how they settled on the little boy’s name.

“When the doctor pulled Zeppelin out, his umbilical cord was tied in a knot. Which could have been very dangerous, but luckily it was a very loose knot and nothing was happening, he was perfectly fine.”

After confirming that the boy was okay, the moment stuck with Jensen, who then turned to the “sailing page” to review the list of node names. “And at the very end was the Zeppelin wrap, which was the knot they used to tie the Zeppelin balloons to the ground,” he explained.

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The The Winchesters star was quick to show a sense of dad’s double duty, as Danneel displayed in a clip she posted on Instagram of her #ManCrushMonday showing off her parenting skills while feeding both twins at the same time.

Jensen is a very protective father and has been vocal about how the Uvalde school shooting has left a mark on him. When the twins graduated from preschool in June 2022, he told USA Today, “I was celebrating them and I was excited for them, but at the same time, in the back of my head I was thinking, ‘I’m glad I don’t have to bring my kids back. to school for how long.’ ”

The duo is already involving their young children in activism. In June 2021, Danneel shared a photo of her and her three children posing under a rainbow wearing Pride T-shirts.

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“Happy Pride! 🌈 Our family celebrates the values ​​we hold true all year long. Inclusion, diversity and love. We strive to always accept those around us. We respect all those in the LGBTQIA community. To our friends, work colleagues and family members…we love you! 🏳️‍ 🌈🏳️‍⚧”, she wrote in the post.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the family also wrote and shared sweet messages of support for healthcare workers, which Danneel posted on Instagram with the caption: “We want to take a moment to thank the healthcare workers and frontline workers around the world. From our family to yours.. We love you!

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