Polyamorous family is so close they don't know who their kids' dads are

A polyamorous family of two mums and two dads are so close they don't even know who their kids' dads are.

Taya and Sean Hartless met Alysia and Tyler Rodgers online in 2019 with the intention of spicing up their sex life.

But the married couples became close and eventually they all began to admit having feelings for one another.

The family moved in together in 2020 and the parents went on to have two other children between them, to add to Tyler and Alysia's two youngsters.

Now, the 'quad' parent all four as their own.

Incredibly, as the parents all sleep with each other, they don't even know who the dads of their youngest children are - and they say they want to keep it that way.

Taya, 27, says despite some other family members not approving, they wouldn't change their setup for anything - and believes it is the best way to parent.

She said: "None of us had been polyamorous before, but we all just met and fell in love.

"Since we moved in together we all just co-parent all the children - we're one big family unit.

"A lot of people don't really understand polyamory, and think it is deviant or un-wholesome in some way.

"It is true that it wasn't always easy - it took me a while to admit I had feelings for someone else - and we definitely do get jealous sometimes.

"But now it's so natural to us all and I feel so grateful to have multiple partners to raise children with.

"Why wouldn't you want more love and support and more hands around?

"It's a messy, hectic, crazy, wonderful life - and I can't think of anything else we could ever want."

Taya Hartless, 27, married husband Sean Hartless, 45, in 2015.

Meanwhile Tyler Rodgers, 35, and wife Alysia, 33, married in 2012 and went on to have two children, a son, eight, and a daughter, six.

The two couples both crossed paths when searching online for another married couple to become physical with in early 2019.

Tyler and Alysia travelled two hours to meet them for the first time that June, and the couples hit it off, and began meeting regularly.

As time passed, they began to feel drawn to one another - with Sean and Alysia admitting feelings for each other, and eventually Taya and Tyler doing the same.

Taya said: "From the first night we met, we all wanted to just see more of each other.

"It wasn't easy - there was a lot of hesitations around having feelings.

"Sean was the first to point it out - he said 'we can't deny this is happening'.

"We agreed to talk it out to see what the future would look like.

"At first, I was really scared to come out and admit my feelings for Tyler - I was scared to let someone else in.

"But eventually we all admitted how we felt."

The two couples began looking for a big family home that they could all live in together in Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Taya and Sean moved in early 2020 - and as a true test to the new relationship, they were all immediately plunged into lockdown.

Taya explained that they fell into a 'quad' style relationship - where everyone is equal to everyone else, despite some people being married.

She said her and Sean are married whereas her and Tyler are in a relationship, and the same is true in reverse with Alysia.

Taya explained that the men switch rooms every night - so one night they will be with one woman, and the next night the other.

Although Alysia and Taya, and Sean and Tyler, are not dating, they all see each other as close partners.

But the family are considered a 'closed quad' in that they don't date anyone external to their four.