Diane Pol Jr. is an American reality television personality and the first daughter of veterinarian Dr. Pol of Nat Geo Wild’s The Incredible Dr. Pol reality show. The 51-year-old lady born on 27 March 1973 earns a living in paid employment as the Director of Sales at Holiday Inn & Suites Mount Pleasant.
Diane is not Dr. Pol’s biological child. The celebrity veterinarian and his wife, Diane K. Dalrymple adopted her when she was 18, though she started living with them at age eight. Diane has two siblings (also adopted) and together, they went on to spend their formative years at the Pol’s farm in the rural part of Michigan in the United States.
Summary of Diane Pol Jr.’s Biography
- Full Name: Diane Louise Pol
- Gender: Male
- Date of Birth: 27th of March 1973
- Diane Pol Jr.’s Age: 51 years old
- Ethnicity: Dutch-American
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Aries
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christianity
- Marital Status: Engaged
- Diane Pol Jr.’s Husband: Ryan Lapham (fiancé)
- Diane Pol Jr.’s Parents: Dr. Jan Pol and Diane K. Dalrymple
- Siblings: Charles Pol (brother) and Kathleen Butch (sister)
- Diane Pol Jr.’s Instagram: @dianepoljr
- Twitter: @diane_jr.
- Facebook: Diane L. Pol
How Old is Diane Pol Jr?
Going by her date of birth, which is listed as the 27th of March 1973, Diane Pol Jr. is currently 51. She is known by the full moniker, Diane Louise Pol Jr. Her exact place of birth never earned a mention in public but going by the tidbits we could gather from sources, she is a citizen of the United States and her ethnic background is said to be a mix of Dutch and American.
Diane spent all her formative years in Michigan where she passed through the Remus, Michigan-based academic institution known as Chippewa Hills High School.
After she matriculated from high school, Diane’s quest for further studies led her to join Central Michigan University. Though the course she studied at her first-degree level is not known, it is common knowledge that Diane became a college graduate in 1996.
Some informative tidbits gathered from Diane Pol Jr.’s profile on Facebook revealed that the Michigan native didn’t end her academic pursuit at first-degree level. Proceeding to Northeastern University in the US, she joined its Technical Writing and Communication department. However, the degree she earned at the end of her studies is not known and her year of graduation was never disclosed.
Diane has lived in Weidman, Michigan most of her life and she is still resident in the area
Who is Diane Pol Jr.’s Father
Dian’s dad has been accurately identified as Jan-Harm Pol who is also known as Dr. Pol. Born in Drenthe, Netherlands on the 4th of September 1942, the Octogenarian is a Dutch-American by ethnicity but a Netherlander by nationality.
He studied veterinary medicine at the prestigious Utrecht University. Pol first worked in paid employment for several years before going to start his own vet clinic in Michigan. Today, the vet doctor is best known for his gig as a reality TV personality. He makes constant appearances on the set of The Incredible Dr. Pol – his reality TV show that started airing on the National Geographical Wild station since it was launched in 2011. The program is centered on Pol’s veterinary services involving large farm animals in Michigan.
Dr. Pol is an advocate of healthy eating and has been living a healthy lifestyle all his life.
Diane Pol Jr.’s Mum is an Educationist
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The mother of Diane Pol Jr. is Diane K. Dalrymple and she is listed as an educationist. Born in Mayville Michigan on the 6th of February 1944, the senior Diane’s ethnic background is said to be Caucasian, but her place of birth is an indication of her American nationality.
An alum of Michigan State University, Diane who is two years older than her husband, Dr. Pol earned a living as an educationist. During the earliest part of her career life, the Michigan native was a tutor at Harbor Beach Primary School. At a point, she started functioning as a reading specialist and did this for quite a good number of years.
In recent times, Diane Pol Jr.’s mother decided to join her husband in his veterinary business. She is now part of the Pol Veterinary Services where she functions as the company’s office manager. As earlier mentioned, Dr. Pol’s Veterinary Services evolved into a reality TV show called The Incredible Dr. Pol that airs on the National Geographical Wild and Diana is a regular cast in the show.
Is Diane Pol Jr Adopted?
Yes, Diane Pol Jr. was adopted. It is common knowledge that Dr. Pol and his wife Diane never had their own biological children. After they met in the US in 1961 when Pol first visited America, the couple began dating and tied the nuptials years later in 1967. The couple never deemed it necessary to reveal why they couldn’t have children of their own but they opted for adoption for reasons best known to them.
Diane’s adoption happened when she was a teenager. According to reports, Pol and Diane started fostering Diane Pol Jr. when she was just eight. Reports did not mention where they took her from but many have speculated that she may have come from one of the orphanage homes in the US.
Even though she started living with the Pol family at age eight, the veterinary doctor and his wife didn’t see any need to adopt her until ten years later when she clocked 18. By then, the young Diane was already used to living with Dr. Pol and his wife and it was easy for her to blend in as a member of the family after her adoption papers were completed.
As the first adopted into the household, she thus became the Pol’s oldest child and continued living with the couple on their family farm located in the rural part of Weidman, Michigan.
Reports said the vet doctor and his wife went on to accomplish two more adoptions years later
She Grew Up With Two Siblings
As mentioned previously, Diane wasn’t the only child adopted into the Pol family, the vet and his wife soon completed the adoption papers of their second child Kathlene ‘Kathy’ Pol.
Kathy was born on the 21st of August 1973 and reports said that Kathy was unlike Diane Pol Jr. that was already 18 before the Pols decided to adopt her adopted her; the vet adopted his second daughter as a baby. The Pol’s middle child passed through the Remus-based Chippewa Hills High School in Michigan and moved to Delta College in Bay City, Michigan for higher studies. She is currently a practicing phlebotomist and works in the McLaren Bay Region
Kathy is married to Greg Butch; they exchanged wedding vows on July 30th, 1995, and have two kids – Adam and Rachel.
The couple’s third adopted child, Charles Pol was born in Central Michigan on the 6th of March 1979.
In the same way as Kathy, Charles was a baby when the Pol family adopted him. The youngest child in the family, Charles spent all his formative years on the parent’s Weidman, Michigan-based farm. With time, Charles developed a natural love for animals and started working at their dad’s vet clinic.
However, he opted to study Communications at the University of Miami in Florida graduating in 2003. Pursuing a career in his field of specialization, Charles worked for years in paid employment before launching his career as a producer in 2004.
Diane’s brother is currently married to Beth Oaks, they became officially engaged in 2018 and wedded in 2019.
Bonus tweet #SomethingPolSomethingNew #DrPol #Wedding pic.twitter.com/5nbUBKcGP1
— Charles Pol (@ChuckPol) January 22, 2019
What Does Dr. Pol’s Daughter, Diane Pol Jr. do for a Living?
After she acquired two degrees from Central Michigan University and Northeastern University, Diane Pol Jr. launched her career in paid employment. She first worked as a staff of Oracle Hospital where she functioned as the firm’s technical writer.
We were not told the number of years she spent under the payroll of Oracle but a bigger package and better working conditions lured Diane to Holiday Inn & Suites Mount Pleasant. When she first resumed work at the hospitality firm, the Michigan native was initially offered the position of assistant manager.
However, through sheer hard work and perseverance, she scaled the ladder very fast and today, she is among the company’s top management as the Director of Sales.
Starting from a lower cadre and working her way to the top has proved how hard-working and motivated Diane is to accomplish her set career goals.
She has Appeared in her Dad’s Reality TV
As mentioned earlier, Diane Pol Jr. is the adopted daughter of the man behind the Nat Geo Wild TV show called “The Incredible Dr. Pol’’ and it came as no surprise that she started featuring in the show. She appeared in two episodes of the show from 2013 to 2016. The entire show has recorded a total of 20 seasons going by its February 2022 statistics and is still going strong. It strictly follows its age-old pattern of airing two seasons per year and is doing great on TV.
It was thanks to her appearance on the reality TV show that Diane tested fame alongside her father, mother, and two siblings.
Diane has appeared in another show on TV but reports did not provide the details. With all her onscreen appearances, the Michigan native has successfully added a TV personality to her professional portfolio.
Diane’s Weight Loss Project
Anybody who has encountered Diane Pol Jr.’s images and videos on the internet space would know that the first daughter of Dr. Pol has been battling weight issues all her life. However, she was determined to embark on a weight loss journey, and from what is obvious, Diane is recording admirable success.
We must acknowledge the fact that she has tried non-surgical means of losing weight but none of the weight-loss treatments she tried bore any fruit. Thus, Dr. Pol’s first daughter later agreed to do surgery to achieve some results. The exact time that the Michigan native went under the knife was never disclosed.
Her weight-loss treatments obviously didn’t end with surgery as Diane had to adhere to a strict diet plan in other to achieve maximum results and from what is obvious, she recorded a lot of success. Diane is also on medication to maintain her new body which she follows religiously.
Even with a heavy mass of body weight shed, Diane Pol Jr. is still struggling to lose more weight.
She Is Constantly Giving Out Updates About Her Weight Loss Journey
Right from the time Diane decided to embark on her weight loss journey, Dr. Pol’s adopted daughter has been great in giving updates about her progress.
According to the last update she dropped, Diane has succeeded in shedding 70 pounds within just one year and the cumulative of all the weight she has lost from inception totaled 155 pounds.
Despite her recorded success, the Michigan native has said that she is still working on shedding more weight and is looking at losing additional 80 pounds. She is quite optimistic and believes she can achieve the kind of body she desires.
Diane Pol Jr. leverages her social media handles in furnishing fans with updates about her weight loss journey. She is active on Instagram @dianepoljr where she has amassed almost 2k followers and still counting. On Facebook, Diane can be located under the username, Diane L. Pol with 2.5k followers. Her profile on the blue app reads, “I’m just me… trying to be the best me possible.”. On Twitter, Dr. Pol’s first daughter’s handle is @diane_jr. with 6k followers.
Apart from the updates she shares via social media, Dian also leveraged her two-episode appearances on the set of her father’s reality show on Nat Geo Wild to share her interesting experience so far and motivate people who are battling weight issues.
Diane admits that embarking on a weight loss journey is no mean feat and requires a lot of hard work, patience, and commitment to achieve desired results. Currently, the Michigan native advocates weight loss as a way of living.
Is Diane Pol Jr. Married?
Diane Pol Jr. is active in the love scene. According to reports, she is the fiancée of a Michigan-based man who goes by the name, Ryan Lapham.
Exactly, when Diane and her love interest crossed paths is not known but according to the tidbits we gathered from online sources, the duo dated for a while before Ryan popped the big question in December 2020.
Though they are yet to tie the connubial knot, Diane is said to be living with Ryan in Weidman, Michigan and the duo are planning to wed soon.
Apart from giving updates about her weight loss journey, Diane also leverages her social media handles to talk about the man in her life. So far, she has shared some adorable pictures of them via her Instagram handle.
While gushing about her fiancé, Diana also talks about her impending wedding. Dr. Pol’s daughter is always going on about the weight she has lost so far and how her new body is going to fit into her wedding gown perfectly.
Though the duo have been living together for a long while, they are yet to produce any children
