Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016)
story · status: told 5×, last update 2026 · last event: mentioned (2026-10-30)
Hank announced in August 2016 that he and Katherine were going to have a baby; their son Orin was born on 30 October 2016. Hank later told of early parenthood and, in 2018, of Orin telling his first jokes.
Told alongside: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) · 2016 US presidential election · Orin poops with his diaper off on his first day home and Hank tries to catch it (2016) · Orin's four jokes, shared by Hank (2018) · Jokes in four minutes: Hank's rapid-fire joke videos (2008) · Hank's ten-year system of prioritizing by obligation stops working after the 2016 election and his son's birth (2017)
About: Orin Green, Katherine Green
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-03 | told | Hank says he is going to have a baby, which he has heard is pretty life-changing. | Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 00:01:21 |
| 2016-08-26 | update | Hank says that, having only alluded to it on this channel, he is having a child with Katherine in October, so he is on a travel moratorium. | I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes 00:03:14 |
| 2016-11-01 (happened 2016-10-30) | update | John announces Hank is a dad: Katherine had a baby boy, Orin, over the weekend; he is adorable and John is very happy. | BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) 00:00:00 |
| 2016-11-09 (happened 2016-10-30) | update | John says his nephew Orin was born ten days ago; his parents bringing him into the world was an act of hope, which heartens John and was not misguided. | My Post-Election Thoughts 00:02:42 |
| 2016-11-18 | update | Lex compares a cat owner's lost sleep to that of the parent of a newborn, asking 'how's it going, Hank?'. (playful) | Are Pets Ethical? 00:01:09 |
| 2016-11-29 | update | Asked about his son Orin, Hank says he is a good, very cute baby. | Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited 00:00:20 |
| 2016-12-23 | update | Hank tells John he is back on the channel and is now officially a dad. | 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) 00:00:00 |
| 2016-12-27 | update | John's third memory: meeting baby Orin in Montana; there is nothing like the pride and happiness of seeing his baby brother be such a committed, loving father. | The Best of My 2016 00:02:01 |
| 2017-03-31 | update | Hank says there is now a baby: for the rest of his life his child will be his prime obligation, which is new for him. | No Cut Confessional: Priorities 00:03:13 |
| 2017-05-19 | update | Hank says that after six months of parenthood his pros and cons list turned out to be wrong. | Should I Have a Baby? 00:00:50 |
| 2018-11-23 | retold | Hank recalls being excited, after having a baby a couple of years ago, to officially tell dad jokes; now Orin, barely two, is telling jokes himself. | Four Jokes from a Two year Old 00:00:00 |
| 2020-10-30 | retold | Four years ago today Hank was in the hospital, tired, a little anxious and very happy to have a healthy baby boy and a healthy wife who was now a mom. | Four Years Ago 00:00:00 |
| 2022-04-22 | retold | Hank shows the X-wing he and Katherine built during the long video at whose end they announced they were having a baby. → refers to Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 | My Life is on My Walls 00:00:58 |
| 2023-12-24 | retold | On paternity leave with his son Orin, Hank says the most surprising thing about having a baby is the noise of the poops. | John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:06:29 |
| 2026-10-30 | mentioned | Hank recalls Pizzagate, and Donald Trump being elected president just days after Hank's son was born, which he found weird. | The Last Normal Year 00:01:30 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank says he knows he is inside a life-changing moment right now because he is going to have a baby. — 00:01:21
- 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John tells Hank that, visiting him, Katherine and Orin in Montana, he thought Hank had found the thing he is best at. — 00:02:15
- 2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: Orin was around the 90th percentile in weight but 50th in head circumference, which worried Hank into much googling; within three days his head, squished by birth, was normal. — 00:00:29
- 2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: One search was simply 'Orin', Katherine's granddad's name: they had not yet named their son and were searching baby names. — 00:02:36