Katelyn Duggar

Katelyn in December 2022

Katelyn Koryn Duggar is the elder of her father Kory Nakatsu’s two daughters and the third of her mother Kimberly Flanigan's four children. She is married to Jedidiah Duggar. They have two children, Truett, and Nora.

## Early Life

### Early Years

Katelyn was born on July 29, 1998 to Kory and Kim Nakatsu. At that time, the family was Christian, albeit not involved in the IBLP or ATI. Katelyn and her siblings went to public school and participated in a relatively “normal” American childhood.

Sometime in early 2005, Katelyn’s parents divorced. In 2009, Katelyn’s father remarried a woman named Kerry Sheppard.

### Childhood Education

Katelyn went to public school through the 8th grade, until 2012. At that time Kory made the decision to pull the girls from school and begin homeschooling them. He cited their desire to be “accepted by the world” as his reasoning.

### Additional Siblings

Although Katelyn was her father's first child, she was her mother's third. Katelyn has two older half siblings, Jamie and Reed, through her mother. After her parents' divorce, Katelyn and Lauren lived with their dad while her two older siblings continued to live with their mother. Both Katelyn and Lauren maintain relationships with their mother and older siblings. They were both bridesmaids for their sisters wedding and also attended Kim's wedding in 2019, which gave them three additional step siblings.

Katelyn also has three nieces and nephews.

## Family

### Engagement

On March 18, 2021, it was announced via her family’s blog that Katey had accepted Jedidiah’s marriage proposal.

#### Vows

At the time of their engagement, Jedidiah and Katelyn made vows to each other to stay pure and avoid any physical contact or time spent alone with each other.

#### Jedidiah's Vows

Katelyn Nakatsu, in the presence of God and our family and friends, I pledge to take you as my future wife. I have prepared my works without and made it fit for myself in the field and now prepare a home for us to live. Until that time, I pledge to sustain your good reputation by staying within the sight of others when we are together. I pledge to keep my way pure and honor you with my eyes, my mind, and my heart. I'll protect you by having no intimate physical contact, until that day when God allows, I will come receive you as my wife.

#### Katelyn's Vows

Jedidiah Duggar, I receive your pledge to marry and when the lord calls, I will be your wife. Just as the church is set apart for christ, I am now set apart for you. I pledge myself to you, forsaking all others. And just as the lord calls his bride, the church, to make herself ready, I pledge to make myself ready for the day that god shall bring us together as one. Until that day, I promise to redeem the time well by preparing for the high calling of being a noble wife, and, if it be the lords will, a godly mother someday. I pledge to you Jed to guard and strengthen my testimony of christ and to be above reproach in my thoughts, words, and actions. That you might be honored at the city gates. As we await our lords return with patience and firm standing, I pledge to you that I will also wait patiently on the lord and upon you.

### Marriage

On April 3, 2021, Katelyn married Jedidiah Duggar. The wedding was live-streamed on youtube.

### Motherhood

    On September 5, 2021, Jedidiah and Katey announced on their instagram that they were expecting their first child in April 2022. On January 7, 2021, the two announced the baby would be a boy.

On May 3, 2022, Katey and Jedidiah announced the birth of their son Truett Oliver the previous evening. He weighed 8lbs 5oz and was 20.5 inches long.

    On December 16, 2022, Katey and Jedidiah announced via their YouTube channel that they were expecting their second child in May 2023 and that her name would be Nora Kate.

On June 1, 2023, Katey and Jedidiah announced via Youtube that Katey had been induced the morning of May 24th, 2023.

## Notes

Katelyn's mother, Kim, is mentioned as being Kory’s wife in Kory’s step mother’s obituary on December 29th, 2004. However in his mother’s obituary in July 2011, Kory and the girls are mentioned alone, despite Kory having remarried in 2009.

## Wedding Involvement

* bridesmaid: her friend Hannah Reber's wedding to David Keller (11/19/21)

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nakatsus.com/16th-birthday-katey/
2. ↑ https://www.nakatsus.com/this-is-the-day-the-lord-has-made/
3. ↑ https://www.nakatsus.com/katey-graduation/
4. ↑ https://imgur.com/hkmMTMh
5. ↑ https://imgur.com/022lT1u
6. ↑ https://www.nakatsus.com/katey-and-jed-engagement/
7. ↑ https://i.imgur.com/GbcMoKg.mp4
8. ↑ https://i.imgur.com/Pu8NJ0S.mp4
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTc1z4dvshp/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
10. ↑ https://i.imgur.com/zT2ervyh.jpg
11. ↑ https://youtu.be/6mP2UigDmdw
12. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CdHtsZPMWH6/?igshid=YTM0ZjI4ZDI=
13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paC9So91HSg
14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7xvWfqez0
15. ↑ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/elsie-nakatsu-obituary?pid=2974168
16. ↑ https://www.heritagecares.com/obituaries/Minnie-Moore-1222540/#!/Obituary
17. ↑ https://imgur.com/a/XrE1y5U