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Gary V is now a grandfather

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<p>MANILA -- Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano is now a grandfather as Samantha Godinez-Valenciano, wife of his son, Paolo, gave birth to a baby girl early Wednesday.</p><p>Samantha gave birth to Nataleia &quot;Leia&quot; Martine - her first child with husband director/singer Paolo Valenciano - on November 2 at 1:21 am at an undisclosed hospital.</p><p>Baby Nataleia &quot;Leia&quot;, who weighs 7.9 lbs., is the first grandchild of singer/performer Gary V and his wife Angeli (Pangilinan) Valenciano.</p><p>The news was sent by Valencianos&#x27; friend Jackie Maniquis to ABS-CBN News reporter Mario Dumaual.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;ll never look at a mother the same way again. They are the superior species! I can&#x27;t believe I&#x27;m a dad,&quot; Paolo said.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m speechless, dumbfounded... blessed... I remember Paolo...the day he was born,&quot; Gary V added.</p><p>Paolo married Samantha at the Manila Polo Club in February 2013. He revealed the gender of their baby in a post on Instagram last June.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:57.4332171893% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BK5pMDvgigs/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Paolo Valenciano (@paolovalenciano)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-09-28T13:06:48+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 28, 2016 at 6:06am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>MANILA -- Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano is now a grandfather as Samantha Godinez-Valenciano, wife of his son Paolo, gave birth to a baby girl early Wednesday.</p>

MANILA -- Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano is now a grandfather as Samantha Godinez-Valenciano, wife of his son Paolo, gave birth to a baby girl early Wednesday.