Vanna White Kids: Children Nikko, Gigi With Ex-Husband

Our favorite letter-turner, Wheel of Fortune‘s Vanna White, is a familiar face that everyone knows — but many fans don’t know much about her personal life, especially her children. The game show icon has two kids, daughter Giovana (a.k.a. Gigi) and son Nicholas (a.k.a. Nikko), and they both look quite similar to their famous mom.

Vanna’s two kids are from her first and only marriage to George Santo Pietro, a restaurant owner she was married to from 1990 to 2002. Although Vanna didn’t know if she would ever find love again after their divorce, the TV personality ended up falling for contractor John Donaldson in 2012 and they are still together to this day.

Even though Vanna and John spend a lot of time together, the Double Dragon actress also makes sure to spend an equal amount of time with her kids. In June 2020, Vanna celebrated Nikko’s birthday by hanging out with him and Gigi all day. “Happy 26th birthday to my amazing son, Nikko!” she wrote on Instagram. “So happy to have you home to celebrate! Love you!”

Vanna loves when her kids come to visit. When she was quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, Gigi stopped by to make sure her mom was alright. As they caught up with one another, Vanna’s daughter painted her mother’s nails a beautiful pale pink shade.

“Thank you, Gigi, for my manicure!” the mom of two gushed on Instagram again while adding the hashtags, “Mother-daughter time,” “stay home” and “stay safe.”

Thankfully, Vanna assured fans she was doing OK at the height of the pandemic. She enjoys seeing her children every chance she gets and has been teaching them her secret to lasting happiness. “We’re faced with a lot of positives and negatives, and we have to accept them and do whatever we can to get through it,” the Simon & Simon actress previously told Closer Weekly in November 2018. “It’s like if you break an arm — it takes time, but it does heal. Life is not perfect — just try to make the best of it. Be strong, be kind to people and be happy.”

Keep scrolling to learn more about Vanna’s two adult children.

Nikko Santo Pietro

Vanna’s first child, Nikko, was born on June 10, 1994. According to reports, he’s a graduate of Oregon State University, but Nikko also attended The University of Arizona at one point. Nikko currently works as a special projects manager at Melissa’s Produce and is also an artist. He loves traveling, hanging out with friends and eating delicious food.

The game show personality loves to show pictures of her handsome son on Instagram. In a June 10, 2023, photo of him wearing a tux, Vanna gushed, “Happy 29th Birthday to the most amazing son a mother could ever have! I love you!” She has also called her children “The joys of my life!” in another post showing the siblings.

Gigi Santo Pietro

Gigi arrived on July 2, 1997. Fans got to know Gigi, as well as her older brother, early on as they often visited their mom on Wheel of Fortune. In fact, Vanna once shared a photo with her two kiddos on the set of the game show in 2003.

Nowadays, Gigi — who graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts — is a talented young woman. According to her Instagram, she’s an apprentice at a tattoo studio in Venice, California. In addition to tattooing, Gigi is also really into art, photography and drawing.

Like Nikko, Vanna can’t help but show fans how much she adores her daughter. “Happy 25th birthday to the most beautiful girl in the world! My precious daughter! I love you Gigi!” she captioned a series of July 2, 2022, photos showing her daughter as a baby and a grown up.