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Katie Couric<\/strong>\u00a0is officially a grandmother!<\/p>\n The 67-year-old former news anchor shared the exciting news on Sunday (March 24) that her daughter\u00a0Ellie Monahan<\/strong>\u00a0gave birth to her first child with husband\u00a0Mark Dobrosky<\/strong>\u00a0over the weekend, a baby boy.<\/p>\n Katie<\/strong>\u00a0first\u00a0revealed\u00a0Ellie<\/strong>\u00a0was expecting back in December, sharing a cute video of how she found out.<\/p>\n \u201cJohn Albert Dobrosky was born on his due date, Saturday, March 23rd at 8:23 am, just shy of seven pounds,\u201d\u00a0Katie<\/strong>\u00a0captioned a series of photos.<\/p>\n She also revealed where the baby\u2019s names come from, include a sweet nod to her late husband and\u00a0Ellie<\/strong>\u2018s father\u00a0Jay Monahan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will be called Jay in honor of his maternal grandfather. Albert is after Mark\u2019s paternal grandfather,\u201d\u00a0Katie<\/strong>\u00a0shared. \u201cMom and Dad (Ellie and Mark) are over the moon \ud83c\udf15 (it was a full moon) I am thrilled to have my first grandchild, Carrie can\u2019t wait to be a cool Aunt and Molner is enjoying handing out cigars. We feel so blessed. \ud83d\udc99\ud83e\udd70\ud83c\udf7c\ud83d\udc76\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc99 We\u2019ll have more tomorrow in Wake-Up Call \u23f0\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n Congratulations to Ellie and Mark on the new bundle of joy!!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n