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Danica McKellar Welcomes a Baby Boy

Actress Danica McKellar promotes her book "Hot X: Algebra Exposed" on Aug. 4, 2010, in New York. Jason Kempin/Getty Images

NEW YORK (CBS) Danica McKellar and husband Mike Verta have welcomed their first child.

The former "The Wonder Years" actress gave birth to son Draco Verta on Tuesday night.

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According to People magazine, he weighed in at 7 lbs., 2 oz. and his name, which means dragon, comes from the constellation of the same name.

"We are humbled, overjoyed and so grateful for this miraculous gift," McKellar and Verta told the magazine in a statement on Friday. "It's like we've only now just learned the true meaning of love."

McKellar, who is now a mathematician and author of three books, wed Verta in March 2009 and announced the pregnancy a year later.

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