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===Marriages and children=== {{Multiple image|total_width=400|image1=Wyman & Reagan.jpg|alt1=Actors Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan at a Los Angeles premiere for the 1942 film Tales of Manhattan|caption1=Reagan and Jane Wyman, 1942|image2=The Reagan's at the Stork Club in New York City.jpg|alt2=The Reagans at The Stork Club in New York City, 1952|caption2=Ronald and Nancy Reagan, 1952}} In January 1940, Reagan married [[Jane Wyman]], his co-star in the 1938 film ''[[Brother Rat]]''.{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=43}}{{sfn|Woodard|2012|p=23}} Together, they had two biological daughters: [[Maureen Reagan|Maureen]] in 1941,{{sfn|Woodard|2012|p=25}} and Christine in 1947 (born prematurely and died the following day).{{sfn|Woodard|2012|p=29}} They adopted one son, [[Michael Reagan|Michael]], in 1945.{{sfn|Woodard|2012|p=27}} Wyman filed for divorce in June 1948. She was uninterested in politics, and occasionally recriminated, reconciled and [[Marital separation|separated]] with him. Although Reagan was unprepared,{{sfn|Woodard|2012|p=29}} the divorce was finalized in July 1949. Reagan would remain close to his children.{{sfn|Cannon|2003|pp=73β74}} Later that year, Reagan met [[Nancy Davis]] after she contacted him in his capacity as the SAG president about her name appearing on a communist [[blacklist in Hollywood]]; she had been mistaken for another Nancy Davis.{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=109}} They married in March 1952,{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=113}} and had two children, [[Patti Davis|Patti]] in October 1952, and [[Ron Reagan|Ron]] in May 1958.{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=199}} Reagan has three grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ronald Reagan's Family |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/ronald-reagans-family |access-date=June 27, 2024 |website=Ronald Reagan |language=en}}</ref>
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