Katie Couric Is a Grandma! Daughter Ellie Welcomes First Baby, a Boy, with Husband Mark Dobrosky

Katie Couric has a new name — Grandma!

The daughter of veteran journalist Ellie (32) gave birth to her first child on Saturday with her husband Marko Dobrosky. Couric announced the happy news on Instagram on Sunday, sharing a series of photos of the newborn along with birth details and a name, which has a touching meaning.

“John Albert Dobrosky was born on his due date Saturday March 23rd at 8:23am weighing barely seven pounds. He will be named Jay in honor of his maternal grandfather,” she wrote, referring to her late husband and Ellie . father, Jay Monahan, who died of colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 42.

“Mom and Dad are thrilled, I’m thrilled to have my first grandchild, Carrie can’t wait to be a cool aunt, and Molner enjoys sharing cigars. We feel so blessed. 💙🥰🍼👶🏻💙 We’ll have more tomorrow at Wake -Up Call ⏰❤️,” Couric added, teasing more baby news in her daily newsletter.

Couric posted a photo of the proud parents posing with their tiny son at the hospital. Another clip shows Couric holding her grandson and making an overly surprised face as the baby yawns.

Katie Couric holds her grandson.

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She also shared a photo of her daughter Carrie meeting her new nephew. Another shot shows Couric’s husband, John Molner, holding a celebratory cigar as he stood next to Dobrosky.

Grandson of Katie Couric.

Katie Couric/Instagram

Katie Couric will become a grandmother! Watch her shocked reaction to discovering her daughter’s pregnancy

In December, Couric announced that her daughter Ellie was pregnant by sharing the moment she first found out Ellie was pregnant.

Along with Carrie, 28, Ellie told her mum the news before the trio attended Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour earlier this year.

Before heading to the concert, Ellie and Carrie participated in one of the tour’s most popular traditions, bringing beaded friendship bracelets to exchange — and used the accessory to tell their mom Ellie was pregnant.

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Couric posted a video of the moment, which appeared to be recorded by Dobrosky, Ellie’s husband of two years.

In the sweet clip, Carrie presented her mom with a bracelet and her ex Today the anchor thought aloud as she tried to decipher what it said (“brand, brandy, B, grandma…”) before saying what the beads actually said: “Future grandma.”

Still laughing at her attempts to decipher the message on the bracelet, Couric’s face went blank when she realized what the message meant.

Then Ellie said, “I’m pregnant,” and her jaw dropped.

“You are?” Couric said, covering her mouth, seemingly in shock. “Woof.”

After the mom-to-be asked Couric if she was “freaked out,” the reporter said “No” and laughed again.

In the caption, Couric wrote that she was “dying to tell” her followers the good news.

“This is what happens when you go to a @taylorswift concert last summer and forget your friendship bracelet and your daughters say, ‘Don’t worry, we made one for you!’” she wrote, adding the hashtags “#omg #omg #omg #omg #needmy🤓.”

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