Summary
- Season 5 stars Dannielle and Garrick Merrifield may be planning to convert to Islam to get new girlfriend Mariam.
- The couple dated several women before turning to Nathalia Lima and finally Mariam.
- Garrick’s polygamous pursuits cause tension with his wife Dannielle and current girlfriend Nathalia.
Looking for Sister Wife season 5 stars Dannielle and Garrick Merrifield consider converting to Islam to marry Garrick’s new girlfriend Mariam. The unscripted TLC series premiered in 2018, and the Merrifields made their television debut in 2021, during Season 3. The couple returned for season 4 and now appear in season 5. Dannielle, 35, and Garrick, 40, dated several women in their search for a sister-wife. They initially dated Roberta Pache, a Brazilian woman who spoke no English and could only communicate with them through language translation apps.
When Roberta dumped the Merrifields via text message, Looking for Sister Wife the season 5 star moved on with Nathalia Lima, again a Brazilian woman who could only communicate through translation apps. Although Garrick was prevented from marrying Nathalia by a Brazilian judge who discovered he was polygamous, The Merrifields returned home to the United States and began dating Mariam, a Muslim woman. Read on to find out if Dannielle and Garrick plan to convert from Christianity to Islam to marry Mariam.
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Garrick and Dannielle’s journey
It is complicated
Merrifields first appeared in Looking for Sister Wife season 3, during which they dated Roberta, and the relationship continued in season 4. Garrick wanted to move Roberta to the United States. The easiest way to do that would be a fiance visa, so Garrick ended his 13-year marriage to Dannielle so he could legally marry Roberta. When the Merrifields started dating Lea Newton and even had her stay at their house, Roberta was very jealous. She divorced Merrifield before moving to the United States.
After their disappointment with Roberta, Dannielle understandably reconsidered the whole polygamy thing, but Garrick was as determined as ever.
Almost immediately, she met another Brazilian woman with limited English. Although 33-year-old Roberta was age appropriate, 26-year-old Nathalia was almost 15 years younger than Garrick. Despite Danny’s discomfort with moving on, Garrick proposed to Nathalia and she accepted.
Things got even more complicated for the Merrifields when Dannille announced that she was pregnant.
Garrick was in Brazil planning his wedding with Nathalia when Dannielle broke the news during a video chat. Garrick and Dannielle’s marriage was not in a good place, and just when it looked like their 16-year relationship was on ice, the Merrifields were pregnant with their third child. After the episode aired TLC posted adorable photos of Merrifield and their baby on Instagram. Garrick and Dannielle’s adorable baby daughter, Leia Lilly Melisa Merrifield was born on May 17, 2023.
Who is Mariam?
New girl
Mariam’s existence was teased at the end of the year Looking for Sister Wife season 5 episode 11 Miriam contacted the Merrifields online. Unlike some of the Merrifields’ other sister-wife candidates, Mariam lives in the United States and speaks English fluently. The single mother of a 2-year-old living in Michigan is Muslim. Mariam claims her mother had a sister wife so she knows the lifestyle.
There is little doubt that Mariam contacted them after seeing them on the show and she might just want to appear on TV.
Will the Merrifields convert to Islam?
Garrick wants to investigate it
Although it is easy to assume that Dannielle and Garrick Merrifield are Mormons, they are actually devout Christians of an unknown religion. During Looking for Sister Wife season 5 premiere, Garrick explains a unique biblical reading which made him choose polygamy. “Many scriptures, terms that say he fills you with the holy spirit, it’s actually a sexual termsaid Garrick.It actually means that sperms go into intimacy like that.”
Dannielle sits next to him, Garrick continues,
And even scientifically, we have found that when a man and a woman become one and his sperm goes into the woman and her DNA becomes part of the woman.”
In the clip sent to the page TLC Facebook account, the Merrifields addressed the issue with Miriam. In the video, Dannielle’s brother and sister-in-law ask Miriam if she plans to convert to Christianity. As Dannielle and Garrick look on frantically, Mariam replies that she didn’t consider converting. Garrick says he doesn’t know much about Islam, but would like to be on the same page spirituallyso he was going to learn more about it.
It is hard to believe that Garrick would convert to Islam, but he is probably willing to overlook the fact that Mariam does not share their faith.
What does Nathalia think of another potential wife?
He better get used to it
When a Brazilian judge found out that Garrick was polygamous, the Brazilian government banned the wedding of Nathalia and Garrick. Although Dannielle tried to hide it, she was obviously excited by the turn of events. Since Nathalia could hardly tolerate sharing Garrick with Dannielle, he would hardly be eager to share her with a new woman. Even if she entered the relationship with good intentions, she is likely to think twice about her decision to live in a polygamous marriage.
Nathalia had always seemed less interested in a sister-wife and more interested in Garrick being alone.
No matter what happens between Garrick and Mariam, she is hardly stops looking for new wives and makes Dannielle happy. During the interview with the producers Looking for Sister Wife season 5Garrick was talking about Dannielle.
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I really feel that God promised our family more than Dannielle
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He added, “I mean, I had a vision years ago that I had five wives, and they were goodGarrick seems determined to continue down the path of polygamy, and Nathalia is powerless to stop him.
Merrifield’s romantic views:
season 3 |
Roberta Pache |
season 4 |
Roberta Pache, Leah Newton |
season 5 |
Nathalia Lima, Mariam |
Looking for Sister Wife
airs Mondays at 9pm EST on TLC and live on Discovery+.
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Looking for Sister Wife
Seeking Sister Wife is a reality television series created for TLC that focuses on polygamous families. The program focuses on families who have recently welcomed another “sister wife” into the family, as well as husbands who are looking for a new addition to the family. It shows “sister wives” trying to adjust to existing family dynamics and a completely new lifestyle.
- Throw
- Dimitri Snowden, Ashley Snowden, Jeff Alldredge, Vanessa Alldredge, Sharis Alldredge, Colton Winder, Tami Winder, Sophie Winder, Garrick Merrifield, Dannielle Merrifield
- Publication date
- January 14, 2018
- The seasons
- 4
- Network
- TLC
- Streaming services
- TLC GO