Kathryn may have finally ended her toxic relationship with millionaire, failed politician ex Thomas Ravenel, with whom she has two children

It is unknown if Jones is moving to South Carolina to be with Kathryn

She and Jones have known each other for years and once lived together

The reality star's father quashed the idea that the couple is engaged

Her relationship with millionaire Thomas Ravenel has been tumultuous even by the standards of reality TV.

But now Kathryn Calhoun Dennis, 24, who has two children by Ravenel, 54, has finally put their toxic on-off relationship behind her and found love with a new man.

The star of Bravo TV’s ‘Southern Charm’ recently posted a string of teasing photographs on Instagram leaving fans guessing the identity of the handsome sandy haired hunk by her side and speculating over the nature of their relationship.

Now Daily Mail Online can reveal that Kathryn is dating 26-year-old Aaron Jones, originally from North Carolina, and that the couple were lovers once before.

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Southern Charm's Kathryn Calhoun Dennis, 24, is dating 26-year-old Aaron Jones, who is originally from North Carolina

Kathryn has captioned several photos of her with Jones '#sohappy'. It is unknown when she and Jones rekindled their relationship

Kathryn recently posted a string of photographs on Instagram leaving fans guessing the identity of the handsome man by her side and speculating over the nature of their relationship

Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Online from the family plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, the ‘Southern Charm’ star’s father Luke Dennis confirmed: ‘Kathryn is dating Aaron. They dated before and they’re dating again. I’ve never met him and I don’t get too involved in that sort of stuff.’

However he quashed the idea that the couple is engaged – a rumor that circulated on social media following a picture posted by Kathryn April 30, in which the red-head is clearly wearing a diamond on her wedding ring finger.

According to Mr Dennis: ‘I’ve spoken to Kathryn about that and she says there’s nothing to talk of them being engaged.

‘I would know if they were. We’re very close like that. She lived out here with us for a while before she moved into her new house in Mount Pleasant. No there’s no truth to that.’

Kathryn and Jones, a marketing executive who calls Charlotte Amalie in the US Virgin Islands home, have known each other for several years.

According to a friend, the couple actually lived together when they dated first time round.

The friend said: ‘Kathryn moved into his place about two days after they started seeing each other but it didn’t work out.’

It was revealed that Kathryn and Jones have previously dated and at one point the couple even lived together

Kathryn's father quashed the idea that the couple is engaged – a rumor that circulated on social media following a picture posted by Kathryn April 30, in which the red-head is clearly wearing a diamond on her wedding ring finger

Kathryn seems to have finally put her toxic relationship with her millionaire ex Thomas Ravenel, with whom she has two young children

The couple stayed together for months after Kensington's birth, then had a bitter split. They conceived son St. Julien, right during a very brief fling initiated while in New York for a Bravo taping last spring

The friend said she was uncertain as to when and how Kathryn and Jones reconnected but a photograph posted by Kathryn on Instagram last May reveals that they were very much in touch back then, with Jones visiting her in Charleston around the same time as Ravenel announced their split, citing the age difference as the cause.

At the time Kathryn and Ravenel, the son of congressman Arthur Ravenel Jr, had been living together and co-parenting daughter Kensington, born March 2014.

The summer and fall of 2014 was spent with Ravenel, one time South Carolina State Treasurer who did time for cocaine in 2007, trying to win a Senate seat as an Independent, which he lost to Lindsey Graham.

But the shaky domestic set up which provided the central intrigue for much of seasons one and two of the Bravo show always seemed destined to implode.

By the time the season two reunion aired in early June 2015 fans had been treated to pictures of Ravenel kissing another woman on Instagram.

Tempers flared during the studio reunion with Kathryn standing up at one point and yelling, ‘you f****ed a lesbian', at her child’s father.

Jones posted the above snap as a throwback last week, and later shared another several other pictures of he and Kathryn together

Jones is a marketing executive who calls Charlotte Amalie in the US Virgin Islands home. It is unknown if he will move to South Carolina to be with Kathryn

So there was understandable surprise when the couple announced that they were expecting a second child. Their son, St Julien Rembert, was born on 9 November last year.

They put it down to a ‘whirlwind weekend romance,’ following a brief reconciliation for an appearance together on Bravo’s ‘What What Happens Live,’ with Andy Cohen, as opposed to any reconciliation.

Just last month Daily Mail Online revealed that Ravenel had been cozying up to 30-year-old Nadia Bakalov, a glamorous Eastern European socialite who agreed to go on a date with the aging playboy after meeting him in the self-help section at Barnes & Noble.

Ravenel took the blonde to a polo event in West Palm Beach, Florida, and they have been spotted attending parties together and posing arm in arm in selfies.

As for Kathryn she has been happily telling friends that she and Jones are back together and posting pictures of the pair hanging out at her Mount Pleasant home.

Meanwhile Jones has coyly avoided his own friends’ questions as to whether or not he is quitting the US Virgin Islands and staying in South Carolina. And those who know Kathryn best wait to be convinced that this new romance spells the end of the old dramas with ex Ravenel.

Season 3 of Southern Charm is currently airing on Bravo Mondays 9pm ET.