Amidst a season full of controversies in MLB, the 22-year-old star shortstop of the Tampa Bay Rays, Wander Franco’s marital life, has become one of the hottest topic to focus on by the media and news companies at this moment. The player is reportedly married to Rachelly Paulino, and they have built quite a wholesome family of their own.
While the slugger has seldom divulged the details of his relationship, intending to keep his family out of the spotlight, a big-league media house has been able to discover a few nuggets of information surrounding the couple that might be deemed enough to feed the curiosity of his fans!
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Who is Wander Franco’s wife, Rachelly Paulino: Her age, ethnicity, and more revealed
As divulged by DailyMail.com, the Dominican Wander Franco is married to Rachelly Paulino Aristy, a 21-year-old who hails from the same hometown of Bani as Franco. The couple has reportedly been together since their teenage years, spending time back in their homes in the city, which is located 65 miles away from the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo.
Born on the 10th of September, Paulino has always been close to Franco’s family, as was revealed by his mom’s Facebook post, wishing her future daughter-in-law a very happy birthday six years ago. The importance of the “future” in question was very evident when Franco made a very bold step after signing his first nine-figure offer after getting married to Rachelly.
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When were the two married? A timeline of their relationship
The couple, who tied the knot in 2021, has been dating each other for several years. Although the exact timeline of their relationship has not been revealed to the media yet, it can be said for certain that it goes back more than 7 years, considering the aforementioned Facebook post for Rachelly made by Franco’s mom, Nancy Aybar, was posted in 2016.
The same year that Franco got married to his childhood sweetheart, he locked down a $182 million deal with the Rays for a tenure of 11 years. Within two years of receiving the deal, the slugger purchased a five-bedroom property in a posh Tampa locality for a whopping $1.55 million, indicating a beautiful future, which he had then started dreaming of surrounding his wife, who’d already become a mother by then.
Are they parents? Know about their family
Rachelly Paulino and Franco are parents to two kids whom the couple welcomed into the world in 2018 and 2022. While not much has been revealed about the youngest of the lot, Franco is often seen speaking about naming the firstborn after himself.
Wander Samuel Franco Jr. is 5 years old as of now. Born into a family full of sluggers (as revealed by the DailyMail), the little one has Franco’s maternal uncles, Willy and Erick Aybar, and grandfather, Wander Franco Sr., to look up to. Who knows, maybe the future will find the toddler following the footsteps left behind by them!
Well, that is all that has been revealed about Franco’s family so far. If you, as a Wander fan, know something more about them, feel free to tell us more in the comments below!
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