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Hastie met his wife Ruth in the summer of 2007 while he was studying at [[George Washington University]]. Their first date was "watching then-president George W. Bush walk from the Oval Office across the lawns of the White House to be whisked away in the Marine One helicopter."<ref name="Whinnett-2015">{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/from-fighting-taliban-to-federal-politics-andrew-hastie-was-born-to-serve/news-story/af994f98fccf82ea9385ae465c00bc7c|title=From fighting Taliban to Federal politics|last=Whinnett|first=Ellen|date=5 December 2015|website=Herald Sun|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419041017/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/from-fighting-taliban-to-federal-politics-andrew-hastie-was-born-to-serve/news-story/af994f98fccf82ea9385ae465c00bc7c|url-status=live}}</ref> Some months later, Hastie proposed to Ruth on the steps of the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref name="Whinnett-2015" /> The two were married in 2008 at [[Capitol Hill Baptist Church]].<ref name="Whinnett-2015" />

After several years struggling with infertility, the couple began the process for adoption.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Hastie |first=Andrew |date=2023-12-24 |title=The horror of Islamic State, then the gift of a child: My Christmas to remember |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-horror-of-islamic-state-then-the-gift-of-a-child-my-christmas-to-remember-20231220-p5esn4.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> In late 2014, shortly after the couple were given approval to adopt, Ruth became pregnant.<ref name=":2" /> Their son, Jonathan, was born just before Hastie's run for office in 2015.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Burrell-2017" /> Daughters Beatrice and Jemima, were born to the couple in 2017 and 2021.<ref name="Burrell-2017" /><ref name=":3" /> The family lives in the suburbs just outside the [[City of Mandurah]].<ref name="Burrell-2017" /><ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=About Andrew|url=https://www.andrewhastie.com.au/about_andrew|website=www.andrewhastie.com|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418163135/https://www.andrewhastie.com.au/about_andrew|archive-date=18 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>