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MOM OF TWO

How many kids does Dog the Bounty Hunter’s daughter Lyssa Chapman have?

REALITY TV star Lyssa Chapman has two children from different relationships.

Chapman faded from the limelight after her appearance on The Bounty Hunter and is currently dating a woman.

Lyssa Chapman is the ninth child of Dog the Bounty Hunter
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Lyssa Chapman is the ninth child of Dog the Bounty HunterCredit: Instagram

Here is more about Lyssa.

Who is Lyssa Chapman?

Lyssa Chapman, 33, is a former bail bondswoman and bounty hunter best known for appearing on

She is the of Duane Dog Chapman.

She is known as Baby Lyssa to distinguish from her mother Big Lyssa.

Dog and Lyssa Chapman
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Dog and Lyssa ChapmanCredit: Bret Thomsett for The Sun

Her mother Lyssa Rae Brittain is Dog’s third wife.

She was raised by her father until she was 10, after which she went to live with her mother in a small Alaskan town, Anderson, and had no contact with her father for six years. 

She later worked with him at the family bail bonds company, Da Kine Bail Bonds.

Lyssa no longer works with her family and was not on their new show that debuted in 2013.

Lyssa is no longer participating in reality TV
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Lyssa is no longer participating in reality TVCredit: Instagram

How many children does she have?

Lyssa has two children.

Her first daughter, Abbie Mae Chapman, was born the day after Lyssa's fifteenth birthday.

It was revealed in an interview during Lyssa's second pregnancy that Abbie's father was 24 years old at the time of conception.

He was then arrested for statutory rape.

In 2009, she married Brahman Bo Galanti and had one child together, Madalynn Grace Galanti.

Lyssa filed for divorce in February of 2011 and a month later was arrested for criminal property damage and assaulting a police officer.

Lyssa, Madalynn Galanti, Abbie Chapman and family
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Lyssa, Madalynn Galanti, Abbie Chapman and familyCredit: Lyssa Chapman

What is Lyssa doing now?

In 2013, she released her autobiography, Walking on Eggshells: Discovering Strength and Courage Amid Chaos.

She recounted her childhood while living with her father and Beth Chapman, whom she accused of using drugs; and her mother Lyssa, whom she called an alcoholic.

"I had been molested by a friend of his [her father]. 

“It was a horrible life that I never wanted to go back to, living with him and Beth and the fighting and the drugs. 

Lyssa and the late Beth Chapman
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Lyssa and the late Beth ChapmanCredit: Instagram

“When I got to my mother’s, although she drank, it was much more peaceful. 

“I was in school. I had friends. I was willing to do anything not to go back,” she concluded.

In 2016, she began dating a woman named Leiana Evensen.

She got engaged in December of 2017 during a trip to Seattle, where Leiana popped the question to Lyssa.

The couple is still in wedding planning mode as they have not settled on a date yet.

Lyssa faded from the reality TV world and opened up her own online clothing store in 2019.

She is engaged to a woman named Leiana Evensen
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She is engaged to a woman named Leiana EvensenCredit: Instagram
Beth Chapman and Dog
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Beth Chapman and Dog Credit: AP:Associated Press
Lyssa opened up her online clothing store in 2019
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Lyssa opened up her online clothing store in 2019Credit: Instagram
The Chapman family
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The Chapman family Credit: Instagram
Dog the Bounty Hunter’s daughter Lyssa shows off her abs and dance moves as she works out
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