Michael Strahan can now add grandfather to his long list of expanding titles. The Super Bowl XLII champ, “Good Morning America” anchor, best-selling author and “$100,000 Pyramid” host revealed that his eldest daughter, Tanita Strahan, has welcomed her first child to the family fold. “Yes, I’m a grandfather, everybody,” he confirmed during this week’s Fox NFL Sunday broadcast.
“My daughter Tanita and my grandson Onyx, is his name. That means black.” Strahan shares Tanita, 32, and son Michael Strahan Jr.
, 31 with ex-wife Wanda Hutchins . He is also father to 19-year-old twins Isabella Strahan and Sophia Strahan with ex-wife Jean Muggli . “Congrats, grandpa,” NFL Sunday football analyst Howie Long said.
The 52-year-old new grandpappy acknowledged he was in good company with his fellow Fox NFL Sunday anchors, who are all grandfathers: “I know you guys have gone through this. I’m happy to be able to welcome in that club.” On “Good Morning America,” the former “Live! with Kelly and Michael” star revealed that the baby was born on Sunday morning at 2:30 a.
m. “I am so happy, so excited. [It’s] a great addition to the family,” he told co-anchors Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos .
Strahan once shared that Tanita, who primarily grew up in Germany after her parents’ 1996 split, was similar to him. “She’s kind of like me in the sense that she has a very strong personality, but a silent strong personality,” he told New York Family .
