T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach Get Candid About the Possibility of Growing Their Family: 'We Have Talked About Having Kids'

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are opening up astir what they whitethorn beryllium readying for their family.

On Monday, Sept. 8, nan mates chatted connected their podcast, Amy & T.J., astir whether aliases not they talk welcoming children together. 

Robach, 52, shares daughters Ava, 22, and Annalise, 19, pinch ex-husband Andrew Shue. Holmes, 48, shares Brianna and boy Jaiden pinch his first wife, Amy Ferson, and girl Sabine, 12, pinch ex-wife Marilee Fiebig.

Holmes said Robach tends to laughter erstwhile he brings up nan taxable of expanding their family.

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Robach explained that she laughs because she was informed that she was “out of nan baby-making business” aft she was diagnosed pinch breast crab successful 2013. Robach entered remission successful 2014.

“Listen, that was devastating to hear,” she confessed. “I tin laughter now because that vessel has sailed truthful agelong ago. So that’s why I do chuckle, because yes, that was a achy point to perceive astatine 40. But I person travel to bid pinch it and americium very happy to person had 2 children.”

“I’m saying this genuinely — my girls person now gone disconnected — but to person Sabine astir is joy,” she continued. “I absolutely, wholly admit and really really look guardant to and emotion having that childlike, that sweetness around. It’s awesome.”

The proud parents said they dainty their step-children arsenic their own. But Holmes explained that he besides wants to person a kid pinch Robach.

“It’s not moreover a matter of watching you and your girls, you watching maine pinch mine,” he said. “It’s conscionable really a matter of erstwhile you are pinch [someone], you can’t thief but want to create your ain unit. And yes, those units sometimes travel from different pieces and places coming together, but you tin person them.”

Robach shared a akin sentiment, saying that she besides has a “natural desire” for that “unit” pinch Holmes.

In December 2024, Sabine and Annalise attended nan iHeartRadio Jingle Ball successful New York City pinch nan couple, marking a first for nan familial crew.

The erstwhile GMA3: What You Need to Know anchors first sparked romance rumors successful November 2022, aft photos surfaced of them holding hands successful a car during a picnic successful upstate New York and cozying up astatine a bar successful New York City. 

At nan time, Robach was married to Shue, while Holmes was joined to Fiebig. However, a root told PEOPLE that there was nary overlap betwixt their romance and their respective marriages.

In November 2023, they confirmed their narration on their podcast and made their first red carpet debut successful December 2023. Nearly a twelvemonth later, successful September 2024, they revealed they moved successful together.

In March, Robach told PEOPLE, “It’s a promise” that wedding bells are successful their future.