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Vanna White may be a familiar name Wheel of Fortune fans, but she has managed to keep her family mostly out of the spotlight.

However, the letter-writing star shared a rare snapshot of her long-time boyfriend John Donaldson, her daughter Gigi San Pietro and her son Nikko San Pietro – her two children with ex-husband George Santo Pietro.

In the photo, which was posted as an online Christmas card on Instagram, the four are beaming with their arms wrapped around each other against a backdrop of palm trees.

White met Donaldson, who owns a construction company, through a friend at a barbecue in 2012 People last year that the couple is in love but has no plans to make it official with a ring. “Do we have to get married? No, because we feel good in our relationship. Do you know what I mean?” She explained: “I know he’s the one. He knows I’m the right one.”

White bragged in May 2024 that she was “so proud” of her eldest son Nikko Santo Pietro, 30, after he sold his first home in Los Angeles for his job as a real estate agent Buy Beverly Hills Star Marucio Umansky’s The Agency.

The puzzle queen’s daughter, Gigi Santo Pietro, 27, also lives in LA, where she works as a tattoo artist.

White, 67, said Good morning America In September she announced that her youngest child was comfortable around stars, but recently she was able to arrange a surprise for her while filming Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.

“To celebritywe had Snoop Dogg and my daughter, who’s a big fan of his – I mean, she meets a lot of celebrities – she’s like, “Mom!” Can I meet him? Is there a way to meet him? “I would like to meet him,” White recalls. “She did.” I said, “Come over.” She was so happy!”

This year marks White’s 42nd year as co-host of the hit ABC game show.

“It’s such a happy show. It’s fun too,” she said of her long-standing job. “It never gets old. There are always new puzzles. I have a new dress. You never know what will be said.”