There’s a lot of love for dads on Father’s Day, but Kody Brown from TLC’s “Sister Wives” certainly gets love from more people than most dads do, as the reality TV star is a father of 18 and now, this year, also a grandfather of one.

Kody, who is legally married to his fourth wife, Robyn, and is spiritually married to his first three wives, Meri, Janelle and Christine, has a combined total of 18 children with all four. With so many kids who are calling him Dad, it’s safe to say that the Brown family patriarch gets quite a few cards and gifts each year when Father’s Day rolls around.

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Kody’s biological children include six sons--Logan (with Janelle), Hunter (with Janelle), Garrison (with Janelle), Paedon (with Christine), Gabriel (with Janelle), and Solomon (with Robyn)-- and nine daughters—Aspyn (with Christine), Mariah (with Meri), Madison (with Janelle), Mykelti (with Christine), Gwendlyn (with Christine), Ysabel (with Christine), Savanah (with Janelle), Truely (with Christine), and Ariella (with Robyn). He is also the adoptive father of Robyn's three children from a previous marriage—Dayton, Aurora and Breanna.

Kody’s decision to legally adopt Robyn’s three children back in 2015 led to a large amount of controversy for the Brown family, after it was revealed that he had legally divorced Meri (with whom he’d been married for over 20 years), in order to legally marry Robyn. The decision was criticized by fans who felt he was choosing Robyn as a favorite wife, though the show later revealed that Meri was the one who had pitched the idea so Kody could provide health insurance benefits to Robyn’s kids that they previously did not have access to.

Regardless of the controversy though, it has always seemed clear that there has been a lot of love in the family for Kody, especially when it comes to his being a father, and celebrating him on Father’s Day. While it is unclear just how the family actually celebrates the day, there is always love shared on social media for the Brown family patriarch.

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Maddie (Madison) shared a sweet message and photo of herself with her father on Instagram for Father’s Day 2016. In the image, which shows the two dancing at her wedding that same year, she thanked him for being supportive of her through everything she did in her life.

In 2015, similar sentiments were shared on Twitter by both Mariah and Logan, as well as three of his wives. Most notable that year was Robyn’s message for Kody, as she was pregnant with Ariella at the time.

While the celebrations for 2017 haven’t been revealed and the family hasn’t taken to social media early, this year will likely be an extra special celebration because it is also the first where Kody can receive another kind of accolade from his family—the title of grandfather. Maddie and her husband, Caleb, welcomed their son, Axel, in May, marking this year’s Father's Day as a first for Caleb overall, and the first one Kody gets to celebrate as both a father and grandfather.

It is unclear when new episodes of the family’s show will air on TLC.

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