Izaak Theo Adu is a model and artist who rose to prominence as the only child of famed Nigerian-born British singer, songwriter, and actress, Sade Adu. The model was born a girl, Mickailia Ila Adu, but has since transitioned to a man and is also married to his wife, Emily Margaret Shakeshaft.
Biography of Izaak Theo Adu
As stated, it was as Mickailia Ila Adu that Izaak Theo Adu was born on 21 July 1996 which now makes him 28 years old. He was birthed by his mother Sade Adu and his father Jamaican music producer Bob Morgan in the United Kingdom where he was also brought up as the only child of the singer.
For the better part, information regarding how Mickailia Ila Adu was brought up remained away from the public domain. In fact, the lights only got to shine on her around 2015 and 2016 when she lifted the veil on Instagram, stating that she was transitioning into becoming a man.
As a result of this, the early life of the privacy that had earlier surrounded his life, information regarding how he was brought up, and his education have all remained unknown.
Izaak Theo Adu Is Now A Married Man
The transitioning process of Izaak Theo Adu began when she first identified herself as a lesbian and then by late 2015, she decided that she wanted to become a man thus giving birth to Izaak Theo Adu.
In his many struggles as a trans, Izaak met Emily Margaret Shakeshaft, the woman he came to marry on Instagram. It was revealed that their virtual paths first crossed in 2014 when Emily started following the Adu based on curiosity to keep up with his transition into becoming a man.
She congratulated him on his trans process in 2019 and told him how proud of him he was. This was because he was the first transman that she was meeting. This started a conversation between them and before long, they started dating. On Nov. 13, 2019, Adu flew to England to meet Emily in California. Soon after, they started living together
After dating for some time, Izaak engaged Emily in May 2020, and then the pair got married on April 16 2021 in Kona, Hawaii in a very simple and magical private event. The couple took to their social media accounts to make it known that they were now officially man and wife. Sade’s “Babyfather”, a song Maggie grew up listening to, was played at the wedding.
Facts About Sade Adu’s Trans Son
1. Izaak Theo Adu doesn’t follow in the footsteps of his mother
growing up as the only child of the Grammy-winning singer, one would think Izaak was going to follow in the footsteps of his mother. On the contrary, he chose to be a model and an artist.
2. A look at the woman he has married
As stated, Adu is married to Emily Margaret Shakeshaft. She is an American who was born in California. Like her husband, Emily is currently 28 years old. She describes herself as a straight woman and she works as a hairstylist. The couple travels a lot in order to spend time with their family including her father, Eric Shakeshaft who lives in Lithuania. Her mother, Hannah Chapman-Serimian is in the States.
3. His wife grew up listening to Sade’s songs
Even before she knew she would one day become the daughter-in-law of Sade Adu, Emily Shakeshaft had always listened to songs of the Nigerian-born British singer and she revealed it always gave her a feeling of comfort. Because of this, when she later met Izaak, she felt some level of connection to him.
4. The model changed his name to Izaak Theo Adu-Watts
Before now, Watts was not a part of his name, but Izaak decided to have it added to show appreciation to Ian Watts who is his mother’s partner. According to him, Ian has played a very important role in his life, and because of that, he now considers him to be his father.
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5. Izaak and his wife had an interesting engagement
The engagement of Izaak and Emily was not the very conventional one. After he told her how much he wanted to marry her, they both felt like they were already engaged, and using their Stick and Poke Tattoo Kit, he tattooed his initials on her ring finger, and that marked their engagement.
