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Ben Mckenzie and Morena Baccarin have welcomed their baby. True or false: Morena is still technically married to Austin Chick? That’s true. Morena’s pregnancy actually dragged out the divorce, because she was too pregnant to fly to LA to be properly deposed. So, she’s still married and still in the middle of a nasty custodial battle with her husband over their son Julian, and she’s paying Austin $23,000 a month (ouch). But as soon as that’s over, Morena plans to marry Ben. Perhaps. Honestly, the whole thing is pretty messy, but Ben and Morena seem pretty happy. And now they have a baby girl!

It’s a baby girl for Morena Baccarin and Ben McKenzie! The Gotham stars welcomed their first child on March 2, USA TODAY can exclusively report.

And the little one’s got an adorable vintage baby name: Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan.

“Morena and Ben are so happy to welcome baby girl Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan on March 2,” reps Jennifer Allen and Rhett Usry confirm to USA TODAY. “All are happy and healthy and appreciate the well-wishes.”

[From USA Today]

I don’t have an issue with the name Frances. It’s a lovely name, and the nicknames are cute too – Franny or Fran – although we don’t know if Morena plans to call her daughter Franny or one of the middle names. I would assume the “Laiz Setta Schenkkan” names are family names or they have some sort of ancestral meaning? If Ben and Morena just picked those names out of a hat, then it’s twee. If they’re family names, God bless. But little Franny Mckenzie? That’s super-cute.

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