Meet Brittney Griner’s Kids and Family- Everything You Need to Know About Phoenix Mercury Star’s Personal Life

Challenging can very well define Brittney Griner’s life. Although the storms of battles have calmed down in her life, her professional and personal relationships have been a showcase for the public eye and have always been a stinging nerve. Still, the ever-so-positive WNBA star finds happiness in the smallest of things. By small, we mean the baby Griners who roam about her house. Before she leaves for Paris with Team USA, the 10x All-Star will be welcoming another one to her family.

With this, while she may not have an entire roster complete, she will have as many children of her own as the times she has represented the USA in the Olympics. Let us learn more about her children and her personal life.

A peek inside the personal life of the WNBA’s tallest center

Professionally, the Phoenix Mercury along with their 6-ft-9 center are doing quite well despite the slow start to the 28th WNBA season. Personally, Brittney Griner can be just as excited. In fact, some delightful news is already on its way as the Baylor alumna and her wife Cherelle Watson announced that they are expecting their very first child in July.

In fact, when TMZ Sports asked her whether the baby would grow up to be an athlete like her, she did not hesitate to plan the baby’s future already. With quite some confidence, the Mercury star said, “Yeah yeah. Sports, what? C’mon now. Of course.” Certainly, the two are very excited to welcome some positive energy into their home after the couple has been through a lot.

They posted about the baby with a photo of them holding hands over an Ultrasound image. The Instagram caption reads, “Can’t believe we’re less than three months away from meeting our favorite human being 🤍 #BabyGrinerComingSoon #July2024”

While this news may be a few days or weeks away, Brittney Griner has twins to take care of as well. Let us learn more about them.

Brittney Griner and her twins

The 8x WNBA blocks leader has twin daughters with her ex-wife and fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson. Back in June 2015, the couple announced that Johnson was pregnant through IVF. However, just a day later, Griner filed for annulment citing that she did not know about the IVF and the process was done without her knowledge. The court denied her wish. Still, she went on to part ways with Glory Johnson a month after their marriage. Griner had also mentioned in her reason for divorce that she was forced into it.

The twin girls were born prematurely at just 16 weeks of gestation on October 12, 2015. Ava Simone and Solei Diem will turn 9 years old in October this year. While we don’t know much about her current relationship with the twins, we do know that post-divorce, she tried to gain custody of the two. However, they found a way to co-parent. For now, Brittney Griner pays child support to Johnson.

As for the relationship between Johnson and Griner, most of the things about them became a public conversation. In fact, Brittney Griner’s life has been a spectacle for the eyes of the world for some time now, whether it is about her sexual orientation, love life, or detainment in Russia. Still, the talented athlete is slowly finding her way through everything.

Brittney Griner has come home: Life after Russian detainment

On February 17, 2022, the Federal Customs agent in Russia detained the WNBA star who went there to join her Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg for the season. After a long process of almost 300 days, she was released in a one-on-one prisoner swap for Viktor Bout. Since her return, Brittney Griner has devoted her life to a few things – her wife and their lives, the Phoenix Mercury, and the USA.

She also released a biography named, “Coming Home” where she talks about the incidents she lived through as a Russian prisoner. Undeniably, Cherelle Watson had a huge role in both her release and her book. The two have gone through a lot. Despite Brittney Griner almost wishing to let Watson go, the lawyer did not budge.

Now, the two will continue their love story again as they bring home a part of their own. Moreover, with Griner already announcing that she will never play overseas again, she too can spend a lot more time with the soon-to-come baby. As part of her professional career, she is helping Phoenix lead their way to better standings. Brittney Griner will also represent the USA with other WNBA stars as a third-time Olympian.

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