Meaning behind Ant McPartlin’s tattoo after he shares photo announcing birth of new baby

48-year-old Ant McPartlin announced the birth of his baby boy with wife, 46-year-old Anne-Marie Corbett, in an emotional Instagram post yesterday (14 May).

Ant shared a black-and-white snap to the social media platform that showed him holding his newborn son, as well as a tree tattoo featuring some names.

Ant captioned the photo: "Welcome to the family.

"Wilder Patrick Mcpartlin. Born, 14/05/24 at 8.54am.

"Baby is beautiful, Mummy’s a legend, Sisters are over the moon. Dad’s a mess!"

Many people rushed to the comments to congratulate the couple on their bundle of joy, but asked questions about the tattoo on his shoulder.

Wilder is Ant's first biological child, but he has also been a step-dad to the children of his ex-wife, Lisa Armstrong.

Ant's tree tattoo features the name 'Amzie', a shortened version of his wife Anne's name.

His stepdaughters' names were also visible, 'Poppy' and 'Daisy', as well as the names of his pet dogs, 'Milo' and 'Bumble'.

Reports of Anne-Marie's pregnancy was first made public on 10 February.

The Sun explained that Ant and Anne-Marie had gotten married in 2021, three years after Ant had divorced his make-up artist wife, after 23 years together.

They further explained that both Ant and Anne-Marie had wanted children for a while and were overjoyed to be preparing to bring a little one into the world and expand their family.

An inside source told the news outlet: "This is the news everyone wanted. Ant and Anne-Marie are beyond delighted.

"It’s no secret that Ant has always wanted children, but that it may never happen for him was something he had, sadly, come to terms with.

"When they found out last year, they were absolutely delighted, but obviously kept the news quiet for as long as possible."

It seems Ant is looking forward to be a hands-on dad, telling Fault Magazine the following with regards to the ending of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: "We need to spend some time with our family. We've both got children."

The congratulations have been coming in thick and fast for the new parents.

Amanda Holden commented: "Oh my gosh, this is just the most amazing news. Congratulations."

Myleene Klass chimed in: "Congratulations. Over the moon for you all xx".

Meanwhile, Ashley Roberts wrote: "Omg congrats!!!! So happy for you".

And Holly Willoughby said: "Congratulations… welcome to the world Wilder… such beautiful news…"

Our congratulations to the Corbett-McPartlin family!