Brady began dating Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen in December 2006.[496] In 2009, Brady said they had been set up on a blind date by a mutual friend.[497] Brady and Bündchen married on February 26, 2009, in an intimate Catholic ceremony in Santa Monica, California.[498] Together, they have two children: a son named Benjamin Rein born in December 2009[499] and a daughter named Vivian Lake born in December 2012.[500] Brady and baseball player Kevin Youkilis became brothers-in-law in 2012, when Youkilis married Brady's sister Julie.[501] Brady's niece Maya Brady is a college softball player for the UCLA Bruins.[502]