Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol has a son, Tripp Easton Mitchell

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin and her boyfriend Levi Johnston are proud new parents of a baby boy, according to People.

His name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, says Colleen Jones, Bristol’s grandmother’s  sister.

"We think it's wonderful," said Jones, the sister of Bristol's grandmother Sally Heath. "The baby is fine and Bristol is doing well. Everyone is excited.”

The baby's father is an apprentice electrician and former Wasilla High School hockey player. He and Bristol have been dating for three years.

Bristol Palin is completing her high-school diploma through correspondence courses. Johnston is studying to become an electrician. He and Bristol plan to wed in 2009 and raise the child together.

Kinda like Jamie Lynn Spears and her boyfriend Casey Aldridge said they planned to do.

Just mentioning: This week, Levi mother, Sherry Johnston, was charged with six felony counts
of misconduct involving a controlled substance, described by an Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman as being "Oxycontin."

Her arraignment is set for Jan. 6.

More Sarah Palin:

Sarah should shop n save with Michelle Obama

Photo: Bristol Palin, daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is seen as a member of the Juneau-Douglas High School junior varsity basketball team, in Juneau, Alaska.  (AP Photo/Juneau Empire, Brian Wallace, File)

Comments

[Zachary Scott Taylor]

Congradulations! We are in full support of your Family. Thank you for giving us hope in our Government. Some day I hope I can serve our great nation around you. I am a libertarian, but trust your commitment to serving as a non-politician. Someday the people who truely love this country will be able to hand it back to the true owners of this great nation. That day is near. Best wishes to you and your family. Some day I will return to the greatest state of Alaska. Your supporter, Zachary Scott Taylor

[El Mugroso]

"Dating for 3 years" nowdays means "Screwing for 3 years". Congrats, Hockey Family!

[fregger]

Some reports say he was born Sunday, others Saturday -- in either case, on a day with few people in the hospital -- allegedly at 5:30 a.m. Neither the hospital or Palin's office will confirm it. Obviously, no real reporting on this, just repetition of announcements made by the family. No medical reports again, or any evidence -- how do we know it is even hers, and that she didn't just adopt it?

[Nicolas Martin]

Assuming that Tripp has the neoconservative gene, he is now the front runner for the GOP presidential nomination in '12.

[James]

@Zachary Scott Taylor:

How is it possible to be a libertarian but still support Palin? Her conservative ways surely go against all that you're meant to stand for? In particular reference to this article - the key issue of abortion.

[nmoore6676]

It is a sad commentary on our morals that unwed persons having children is more or less an accepted fact of life. No wonder there is so much corruption in business and the government. Without this lapse in ethics there might not have been the economic crisis we now have.

[Sick of Phony Hypocrites]

Disgraceful!

[China]

American teens need to start having more babies and less abortions! The Palins are role models for a new generation of future parents.

[Brian]

Naming your child Tripp when one of the grandmothers is facing drugs charges. Now that is funny.

[red]

So, you can dish out the bitchy, but you can't take it when readers give it back. See: When you tried to be funny and snarky, and instead showed yourself to be a moron about firearms. That's typical for a "journalist". Congrats to the Palins and Johnstons.

[Hitobito]

Little Tripp Johnston has a real great set of grandmothers...one an arrested drug dealer and the other a lip sticked pit bull dumbbell! Good luck baby, you'll need it!

[Anne]

Congratulations to the proud young parents. Give them a chance!

[Katherine]

Ignorance personified, not one educated person in the family.

Trip, one "p", is a preppy nickname for a child born "the third", as with "Trey".

One calls ones son "Trip" or "Trey" if the father and grandfather of the exact same name are still living.

One does NOT use these nicknames on birth certificates.

No doubt the parents of Tripp Easton Mitchell mistakenly believe they have given their son a "classy" appellation.

The family is a joke.

[ChillyinMontana]

Great! Dad's a high school dropout, grandma's in jail on felony drug charges, mom's greatest achievement will be to get her GED and become a hairdresser. And what's with the name...? Can't these people think of something better? I see another under-achieving family destined for the welfare roles.

[Kilia]

Congrats and all, but how come no comment from Bristol's mom and dad??

[Ed]

Too bad we can't see the pictures of the baby because as you know Tripp is NOT the daddy. The daddy is an African American teenager. It's going to be a long time before you see pictures of the kid

[Anon]

Why is this birth annoucement in the Entertainment Section? Has Teen Pregancy become entertainment to the masses? Hopefully Mom, Son and Daddy (if he sticks around) will disappear into the wilderness of American Pop Culture never to be seen or heard of again; except as a question in Trivial Pursuit.

[Big Jim Slade]

I can't wait for our resident expert Katherine to explain Black American naming conventions next.

Would someone please tell me that our overly educated Wall Street financial ubermenschen have shown us the path to eternal happiness?

[MEL]

I think this is wonderful and who are any of you to judge this girl or her family. Yes they were in the limelight for a short time, now its time to let it be. That baby did nothing to any of you for all its worth neither did any of this family

[Hypocrisy Hater]

If the Palin family is so religious, why are the teen parents still unwed -- Sarah certainly has a shotgun, & Todd seems pretty emasculated not to have wielded that shotgun and insisted upon a pre-delivery wedding. That poor kid (Tripp!) has no right to the last name of Johnston.

[SUE]

How come there is so much intolerance here? The main thing is that the baby is healthy and loved.

[vegasgirl]

While I personally wish Bristol and her baby only the best, I'm just curious how some of the posters here would feel if, say, this were the Obamas' daughter. Somehow, I think some of the Palin supporters *wouldn't* be so sanguine.

[Once a Teenage Mom]

reminder!!!
"Yee with out sin may cast the first stone"
I have noticed the ones with the biggest mouths are the greatest sinners of all....

[diusr]

White trash attracts white trash what more can you say?

[AKgirl]

I wish everyone would stop trashing on this poor girl. Yes, she got pregnant and she is not wed. You know what, she accepted that maybe she made a mistake and she decided to carry that pregnancy to term and give that baby a chance at life. Why is that she gets trashed on because she's 18 yet we praise Brad Pitt and Angela Jolie for their kids... they aren't married either. Why don't you give this poor girl a chance to do what she believes is right. You don't really know her or her family; maybe they will make a great family for that baby. As for the people who are wondering why her parents are not making comments to the newspapers. Would you go running to the paper as soon as your kid had a child and want it posted all over the country for people to laugh at?? Just because Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska and was a vice presidential nominee does not mean that she wants her life and her daughter’s life spread throughout the country for people to laugh at. So please people, give them a break. Gook Luck Bristol and enjoy your new baby!