Tamera Mowry's 2 Kids: All About Aden and Ariah

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tamera Mowry-Housleyfamously acted alongside her twin sister on television, but at home, she is just “mom.”

TheSister, Sisterstar andformer co-host ofThe Realshares son Aden, 12, and daughter Ariah, 9, with her husband, Adam Housley, whom shemarried in 2011.

Motherhood has given the actress and talk show host a newfound appreciation of the little things. “They have taught me to be present andenjoy the most simple things in life,” Mowry-Housley told PEOPLEof her children in 2016. “It gives me so much joy, especially as a busy mom, just giving them a bath, reading them a book, brushing our teeth together. They taught me how to have fun in the most simple moments.”

In a 2022 episode ofThe Ellen Show’s YouTube series “Mom Diaries,” Mowry-Housley got emotional while talking about her children. “They literally are the love of my life. I’m proud of the little people that they are becoming,” she said with tears in her eyes. “You can tell that they were raised in a home full of love. You want that for every child.”

The mom of two frequently shares glimpses into her family life on Instagram,her blogand their family YouTube channel,The Housley Life.

Here is everything to know about Tamera Mowry-Housley’s two kids.

Aden John Tanner Housley,12

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Afterhoping for a boy, the actress got her wish with the birth of her son,Aden John Tanner Housley, on Nov. 12, 2012. He was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

“Adam and I feel very blessed to finally be holding our son,” Mowry-Housley said at the time. “He is a beautiful miracle, and our hearts are overflowing with love. Thank you to everyone for your love and support. It means so much to our family.”

As for themeaning behind his name, his father explained in atweet, “He has two middle names. A for me. T for Tamera and John..our fathers middle names.”

Aden, whosaid “mama” before “dada,“was already atalker at a young age. When her son was 20 months old, Mowry-Housley told PEOPLE, “Having a mother as a talk show host and a father as a news correspondent, that boy can talk.”

The mom of two continued, “That was a little bit of an interesting transition, but now he absolutely loves his sister. He’s an amazing help.”

In 2016, Adencaught the attention of former First Lady Michelle Obamaduring a visit to the White House. Recalling the trip, Mowry-Housley told PEOPLE, “I don’t know what he had for breakfast that morning … I thought he didn’t have sugar, but it looked like he did.”

At the time she thought, “Oh my gosh, he’s acting like this. ‘This is, like, the White House. This is Michelle. Don’t you know this, Aden?’ " She continued, “She [Obama] was just like, ‘Aden, give me a high five.’ She got his attention.”

In anInstagrampost to mark Aden’s 9th birthday in 2021, Mowry-Housley shared that her firstborn “loves soccer, baseball, your family, and on most days your sister.”

Aden seems to have inherited hislove for baseballfrom his dad, who is a former professional baseball player. Alongside an Instagram picture of her sonsporting a baseball helmetin 2021, Mowry-Housley wrote, “I love seeing how much Aden adores playing baseball. He’s more and more like his dad @adamhousley every day. I’m one #proudmomma 😍 #mylittleman.”

He and his father also share a love of cooking. “The boy loves to be in the kitchen just like his dad,” the proud mom captioned avideoof her “master Aden” making hotdogs in 2021. In another post ofAden cooking, Mowry-Housley wrote, “My mom taught me how to cook around the same age as my children💕 Start em young. So proud of my babies.”

Ariah Talea Housley, 9

In January 2015, Mowry-Housley announced that she and her husband wereexpecting their second child together. “Ever since being blessed with Aden we have known that we would eventually want to expand our family,” she wrote on her website at the time.

“It wasn’t until after we had decided on Ariah Talea Housley that Adam and I learned the origin and meaning of both names — they couldn’t be more appropriate for a family like ours whose faith is so very strong,” the actress explained. “Both Hebrew names, Ariah means Lion of God and Talea means one who resembles the morning dew of Heaven. We couldn’t have found names with a better meaning if we had tried.”

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Mowry-Housley hasdescribedher little girl as “kindness and empathy personified.” In asweet birthdaytribute on Ariah’s 7th birthday, she wrote, “If sunshine were a person it would be you! Your laughter, empathy, hugs, kindness are just a few things that make momma so proud and grateful to be your momma. We love you Miss Ariah Talea Housley.”

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In 2022, Mowry-Housley opened up about howAriah cares for her younger cousin Cairo, who is her twin sisterTia Mowry’s daughter.

“My daughter is such a caretaker, another characteristic of a Cancer,” Mowry-Housley told PEOPLE. “She just literally will just take care of Cairo and they will go off in a corner and have fun while [Tia’s son] Cree and [Aden] do the same, and Tia and I would do that too.”

While talking to PEOPLE again in March 2024, Mowry-Housley shared the importance of Ariah seeing her “gorgeous brown skin"represented in the media.

“Being a young girl in Hollywood, and unfortunately the covers ofTeen, the covers ofSeventeendidn’t always have faces that looked like mine,” she said. “When you see yourself and you see yourself in someone else that may look like you. It’s empowering.”

source: people.com