'Sister Wives' Guide: Everything to Know About Kody Brown's Wives, Children and Who Is Legally Married
01.08.2023 - 19:11
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Brown family has been gracing our TVs for more than a decade now, living out plural marriage on TLC's. But in the wake of recent splits, separations, and drama, polygamist Kody Brown and his wives and exes have an even more complicated family dynamic that before. (And that's saying something for a father of 18).
The polarizing pro-patriarchy patriarch has spent the last decade opening up about his marriages to wives Meri Brown,Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, and Robyn Brown. But in the last few years, Christine has split from Kody and gotten engaged to a new man. Janelle has announced that she and Kody are separated after 30 years of marriage.
And Meri has confirmed that she and Kody have «permanently terminated» their marriage. With all these changes, it's hard to keep track of the Browns. So before the Aug.
20 premiere of season 18, let's break down the family wife by wife, shall we?Here's what you need to know:Meri BrownMeri is Kody's first wife and grew up in a polygamist family. Kody and Meri met at church when she was 18.Though the two abstained from any physical intimacy before getting engaged, including kissing, they tied the knot in April 1990, noting that they were both fully aware of their intention to add more wives to the family. The couple shares child Leon Brown, who came out as transgender in June 2022.
Meri was the subject of a 2015 catfishing scandal in which she thought was talking online to a man, but it turned out to be a woman. In the aftermath, Kody stopped all intimacy with Meri and no longer lives with her. Kody legally divorced Meri in 2014 so as to legally marry his fourth wife, Robyn Brown, in an effort to adopt her children from a previous marriage.