--- ---  # Lara and Eric Trump Just Welcomed the President's 9th Grandchild by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Sep 12, 2017 5:31 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 03: Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump, walks with his wife Lara to a waiting Marine One helicopter as his father departs the White House on his way to West Virginia WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 03: Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump, walks with his wife Lara to a waiting Marine One helicopter as his father departs the White House on his way to West VirginiaWin McNamee—Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Sep 12, 2017 5:31 PM UTC [Eric Trump](http://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/), the 33-year-old son of [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4936612/donald-trump-genes-genetics/), and his wife Lara, 34, have welcomed the arrival of their first child, Eric “Luke” Trump, the new father announced Tuesday. “.@LaraLeaTrump and I are excited to announce the birth of our son, Eric ‘Luke’ Trump at 8:50 this morning,” he wrote on Twitter shortly after noon. The newest member of the Trump family is the [President’s ninth grandchild](http://time.com/4936612/donald-trump-genes-genetics/), joining the five children of Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Vanessa, as well as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s three kids. > [](https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/907638997182242816) Eric Trump first announced the news of his wife’s pregnancy back in March. > [](https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/843854763825528832) Donald Trump Gets 9th Grandkid From Eric and Lara ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4937748/eric-lara-trump-baby-donald/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4937748/eric-lara-trump-baby-donald/"},"headline":"Lara and Eric Trump Just Welcomed the President's 9th Grandchild","datePublished":"2017-09-12T17:31:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:23:11.908Z","description":"The Trump family keeps growing","url":"https://time.com/4937748/eric-lara-trump-baby-donald/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2142c8783a6a1616/6988dd5eab6d772d856afc50/eric-trump-lara-trump-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2142c8783a6a1616/6988dd5eab6d772d856afc50/eric-trump-lara-trump-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Departs The White House En Route To West Virginia","caption":"President Trump Departs The White House En Route To West Virginia","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4937748/eric-lara-trump-baby-donald/","name":"Lara and Eric Trump Just Welcomed the President's 9th Grandchild"}}]}] ```