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The couple, who have been married since 2013, have not revealed the sex of the baby.

Mikita recently shared the story of the day they met in a sweet Instagram post celebrating \"Modern Family.\"

\"I'll never forget watching the pilot the day after it aired on Sept 24, 2009 in the afternoon in between studying for my constitutional law class,\" he wrote about the show. \"I had been completely decimated from the 2008 November election when Prop 8 passed in CA, barring same sex marriage. My best girlfriend Jen told me I just had to take a break from studying and watch Modern Family.\"

\"Right after I watched the pilot I went to the gym...I was feeling energized from this quirky little show that had the most incredible representation of a queer family in the dynamics of a larger mixed family that reminded me so much of my own...Then, right before my eyes, was @jessetyler,\" he continued.

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A post shared by Justin Mikita (@justinmikita) on Nov 29, 2019 at 12:11pm PST

\"I seized the opportunity & I gushed about how important this show and this representation was for the queer community especially then, in 2009,\" he added. \"He surprisingly gushed back, being kind and engaging me in conversation. The rest, as they say, is history.\"

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