<P> About 8 years after Jack's death, Rebecca posted pictures of Tess, her new first grandbaby, on Facebook, then got a message from Jack's best friend, Miguel Rivas . Rebecca later married Miguel . </P> <P> Randall Pearson (born August 31, 1980), portrayed by Sterling K. Brown (current day), Niles Fitch (age 15), and Lonnie Chavis (ages 8--10), is Jack and Rebecca's (adopted) son, and Kate and Kevin's brother . On his 36th birthday, he found his biological father, William, and invited him to his northern New Jersey home . </P> <P> Randall worked at selling commodity futures based on weather patterns, and was shown to be successful and affluent . However, after a nervous breakdown and some time off, he felt that his firm did not appreciate or respect him, and quit . </P> <P> On the day that Randall was born, he was dropped off in front of a firehouse by his biological father, William, and then taken to the hospital, where he was adopted by Jack and Rebecca . Jack and Rebecca originally named him Kyle (the name they had intended for their third child, who was stillborn). Taking William's advice, Rebecca decided to give him his own name, naming him after William's favorite poet, Dudley Randall, although she refused to let William see Randall . This allowed them to honor both their stillborn son's memory and Randall, rather than essentially replacing one son with the other . </P>

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