'This Is Us' has a Beaver County Connection!!!

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**WARNING** SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

If you have NOT watched the first episode of Season 4 of 'This Is Us' and you DON'T want to know what happens - STOP SCROLLING!!

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Ok, here we go!

Where my Beaver Countians at?!?!

I have always loved 'This Is Us' for its Pittsburgh connection, but now it's gotten one HUGE step closer to home for me! One of the new characters on the show is FROM Beaver County!!! (also my hometown!!)

YES! The guy who plays Kate and Toby's grown-up son, Jack, in the future, is former Beaver County resident, Blake Stadnik!!!

According to the Beaver County Times, he's from North Sewickley Township and attended Riverside High School and the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland!! He did a ton of shows there, AND EVEN MORE after he graduated from the theater program at Penn State!!

Similar to his character in the show, Stadnik's vision is blurry and he has a hard time making out colors, as he was diagnosed with Stargadt disease at the age of 6.

CLEARLY, THOUGH, he's not letting ANY of that stand in the way!! HE'S ON TV!!! AND ON THE BEST SHOW ON TV!! 'THIS IS (FREAKING) US'!!

I absolutely cannot wait to watch him on the rest of the season, and hopefully future seasons! Way to go, Blake! Making Beaver County and Pittsburgh the most proud!!!