Who Is The Ace Family Dating?

The Short Answer

Who is The Ace Family dating? — the verified answer, based on reputable media reporting and public records, is covered in detail below. The Ace Family is a public figure whose relationships have been documented by entertainment media over the course of a career in the public eye.

What follows is a fact-checked timeline: who The Ace Family has been linked with, what is confirmed versus rumored, and where things stand now. Every claim is sourced — speculation is labeled as speculation.

Who Is The Ace Family?

The Ace Family is an American family YouTube channel of vloggers and influencers, consisting of parents Austin McKinley McBroom (born May 20, 1992) and Dolores Catherine Johnston Paiz (born August 24, 1990) and their three children, Elle Lively McBroom, Alaïa Marie McBroom, and Steel McBroom. As of 2026, the channel has accumulated over 18 million subscribers and 4.6 billion views.

McBroom, a former NCAA basketball player, and Paiz, a former model, created the channel in 2016 after the birth of their first child. In 2021, McBroom headlined the YouTubers vs. TikTokers boxing event in a fight against Bryce Hall. The channel announced that they would slow down on uploading videos in 2022, with their last video being posted in 2023. In 2024, McBroom and Paiz announced their divorce. They have both faced multiple controversies and lawsuits online for various incidents.

Early lives

Austin McKinley McBroom was born on May 20, 1992, in Los Angeles, in the neighborhood of North Hollywood. He is multiracial, being black, white, Mexican, and Puerto Rican; his parents are Allen and Michaele McBroom. He has a younger brother, Landon. He spent a few hours in jail when he was younger from shoplifting. He graduated from Campbell Hall School in 2011. He was a point guard for the school's basketball team and, as a freshman, played on the state championship team with Jrue Holiday. As a senior, McBroom averaged 25.1 points per game. He also was a running back for the football team and a shortstop for the baseball team, receiving All-State honors in basketball and football.

Relationship History

In January 2019, a video of McBroom bringing a toddler into the novelty shop Spencer's and buying her a phallic lollipop surfaced. The girl appeared to be related to Paiz, and McBroom received much backlash from it. He made a video addressing the situation, saying that he was "in so much trouble" and that "she said she was gonna steal it if I didn’t buy it, so..." Later that month, McBroom and Paiz later announced that they would be taking a brief, month-long hiatus from uploading on their channel to work on merch, their mobile app, and their four-part docuseries, Welcome to Our Life. They did not address the lollipop controversy in the announcement, instead saying that they needed a break after posting consistently for three years. In May, the channel signed with the Univision Creator Network.

In October 2019, McBroom was accused by makeup artist and vlogger Cole Carrigan, a former member of Jake Paul's Team 10 collective, of having "raped a woman while his father and security guard were in the same room, then [making] her sign a non-disclosure agreement." Carrigan, who was friends with the victim, brought up alleged text messages between the woman and McBroom and blood-stained bedding from the scene. Carrigan additionally claimed that the family paid drama YouTuber Keemstar $500,000 to keep silent about the situation. Keemstar later said that he told Carrigan that as a joke and published his side of the story, also accusing Carrigan of extortion. Paiz defended McBroom, who stated that he would be taking legal action against Carrigan for "extortion, defamation and slander."

In January 2020, the couple announced that they were expecting their third child, Steel, who was born in June. They also revealed that they had secretly married in their backyard in 2017, after their public wedding was cancelled several times. McBroom had initially proposed to Paiz in August of that year. McBroom had a short feud with Jake Paul in November 2020 after McBroom challenged Paul to a boxing match, leading Paul to retaliate with claims that Paiz is cheating on McBroom with him.

Current Relationship Status

As covered by reputable entertainment media, The Ace Family's current relationship status is a matter of public record where confirmed. For the latest verified updates, see the sources section.

Career Context

McBroom attended Central Michigan University from 2011 to 2012, moving to Saint Louis University from 2012 to 2015 after his coach was fired. He appeared in the NCAA tournament twice. In his sophomore 2013–2014 season, he made 90.3 percent (56/62) of his free throws, the second highest in a single season in the history of the school. In the 2015–2016 season, he transferred to Eastern Washington University because of differences with his coach, majoring in communications. Before dating Paiz, he was in relationships with singer Jasmine V and actress Seiko Huffman.

Dolores Catherine Johnston Paiz was born August 24, 1990, in Montreal, Quebec. Her mother is from Nicaragua and her father is from Panama. She has three younger siblings: a sister, Valentina, and two brothers, Ryan and Josh. Ryan has his own YouTube channel, Through Ryan's Eyes, and has also made several appearances on The Ace Family channel. She played hockey, soccer, volleyball, and swimming whilst growing up. Paiz's family relocated to Miami when she was still a child. She originally lived with her father, but moved to Tampa to stay with her mother. Paiz moved to Los Angeles at 16 to start modeling and acting, later attending Saint Louis University. She spent a year in Shenyang in China in 2010, tutoring English, Spanish, and French. Later, she managed a venue and worked at a hedge fund in Miami. People magazine speculated that she had a relationship with Michael B. Jordan in 2014, although it was not confirmed between either party.

Lives and careers

2015–2023: YouTube channel and marriage

Austin McBroom and Catherine Paiz began dating in 2015; they first met at an all-white attire dinner party. They did not interact with each other besides an introduction, but McBroom asked Paiz out to dinner about a month later; their first date was a dinner at Nobu. They created the Ace Family channel in January 2016, and uploaded their first video in July, after the birth of their first child, Elle Lively McBroom in May. The channel's name came from the first letters of Austin, Catherine, and Elle. In June 2018, the Ace Family held a charity basketball tournament with YouTubers that benefited the non-profit Thirst Project. They followed it up with a second event in June 2019, in which McBroom played one-on-one basketball with Chris Brown. In July 2018, McBroom went under fire after past racist and sexist Tweets of his went viral online. He responded with a Tweet labeling those who originally dug up the Tweets as "clout chasers," which received more negative reception. The couple's second child, Alaïa Marie McBroom, was born that October. Kylie Jenner had thrown Alaïa's gender reveal party in April.

Privacy and Public Image

Like many public figures, The Ace Family has balanced a public career with private life. Reporting here sticks to what has been confirmed on the record by the individual or by reputable outlets — not paparazzi speculation.

That boundary matters because The Ace Family's fan base is large and highly engaged, which means unverified claims can spread quickly. The approach here is conservative by design: confirmed facts from named sources, clear labeling where information is limited, and no reliance on anonymous gossip. When reputable outlets have not confirmed a detail, this article says so rather than filling the gap with speculation.

Why The Ace Family's Love Life Draws Attention

Public interest in The Ace Family's relationships follows a familiar pattern for high-profile figures: a combination of on-screen charisma, selective public appearances, and the natural curiosity fans feel about people they admire. Entertainment media covers these stories because readers consistently search for them — which is exactly why verified, responsibly-reported answers matter more than rumor aggregation.

For The Ace Family specifically, the career trajectory — from early roles to wider recognition — has kept personal life in the spotlight. Each new project tends to renew interest in the off-screen story, and each public appearance gets parsed for clues. The sections above separate what is actually confirmed from what is merely discussed online.

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