Patrick Clancy and Wife Rachel Danis Say They Plan to Start a Family and Will Share Memories of His First Three Children

Patrick Clancy and his wife, Rachel Danis, have revealed that they intend to begin a family together and plan to share memories of his three older children with any future sons or daughters. Those children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were killed by his ex-wife, Lindsay Clancy. Danis, an infertility specialist, married Patrick Clancy earlier this year. She announced the couple's plans during a joint interview with 60 Minutes, Patrick Clancy's first since his ex-wife's high-profile murder trial ended in a hung jury earlier this month. When journalist Ross Douthat asked the couple whether they were starting a family, Danis confirmed that they were. Patrick Clancy said he was eager to tell future children about his first three kids. He said that while every parent may have a different relationship with each child, all of them remain their children, and he looked forward to telling them about their brothers and sister. Danis and Patrick Clancy married in April at an intimate ceremony at the Ladies Pavilion in New York City's Central Park. Danis said that was also where the couple first met, recalling that she was a girl who encountered a guy running in Central Park on a very cold Saturday. She brushed aside criticism of their marriage from online trolls and unhinged influencers, saying she did not think there was anything wrong with it. After learning that his three young children had been strangled at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023, Patrick Clancy moved to Manhattan. He said staying in the small town was too difficult to bear. On 60 Minutes, he said everything came to an abrupt halt. He described a day when, without thinking, he drove past the children's school at the exact time their friends were being dropped off, and said he could not remain there anymore. He left for Manhattan, where he could grieve without public attention. He later joined a running club and, in January 2024, met fellow member Danis, 37, who works as a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at a New York City-based reproductive clinic. The two soon fell in love. Photos shared on social media chronicle their relationship, including images of them attending the same Barry's workout class and smiling together at the New York City Marathon in November 2025. Patrick Clancy, who has said he once had suicidal thoughts after his children's deaths, said Danis has helped him work through his grief. He told Douthat that his life had changed in a very positive way since he met Rachel. His ex-wife remains at Tewksbury State Hospital in Massachusetts. Her triple murder case ended in a mistrial when one of the 12 jurors refused to acquit her by reason of insanity due to crippling postpartum psychosis.