Macaulay Culkin pays homage to late sister with birth of baby boy

Macaulay Culkin and partner Brenda Song have welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Dakota, after the Home Alone actor's late sister.

Dakota Culkin died at age 29 after being accidentally struck by a car on 9 December 2008, in Los Angeles. The oldest Culkin sibling, Dakota led a relatively private life, working behind the scenes in film.

At the time, Macaulay’s representatives told TMZ:

“We can officially confirm that the victim is Dakota Culkin. This is a terrible tragic accident. We have no further comment at this time.”

“We're overjoyed,” Culkin and Song told Esquire in a short statement.

The couple met in Thailand a few years ago while filming Changeland, a comedy-drama written and directed by Seth Green.

Speaking to Esquire about Culkin last year, Song said, “You can’t be around him and not be happy.”