Overview

• Michael Sherman Jr., a Montgomery County Fire Department lieutenant, learned at a Sept. 7 party that he and his wife, Joacquia, are expecting a daughter.
• The reveal featured a blindfolded dad cutting into a cake with pink frosting as relatives cheered, with a local TV crew on hand.
• The family says no girl has been born in the Sherman line since 1917, citing an ancestor named Orah Belle Sherman who relatives describe as a trailblazer in Atlanta.
• Joacquia initially planned a small, private reveal but expanded it after her doctor accidentally sent the results to her, and her mother invited local news to cover the moment.
• The baby is due around March 11, 2026, according to the family’s account reported by local affiliates and national outlets.