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Jana Duggar marries Stephen Wissmann in big Arkansas wedding
TLC star Jana Duggar of “Counting On” and “19 Children and Counting” is married!
The eldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, 34, married Stephen Wissmann, 31, in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on Thursday, in response to Folks’s unique report on the 500-guest wedding ceremony.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Duggar household for remark.
The ceremony befell two months after they have been engaged. Jana’s bridal get together included sisters Jessa Duggar Seewald, who was her maid of honor; Pleasure-Anna Forsyth; Johannah Duggar; Jinger Duggar Vuolo and Jordyn Duggar in addition to sister-in-law Abbie Duggar. Dad Jim Bob Duggar walked her down the aisle.
Jana Duggar known as the marriage “a dream come true” in a interview with Folks earlier than the nuptials.
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“Coming from two greater households, we love to have the ability to get collectively and have fun moments like these,” she stated. “And so to have all of them there, it simply means lots.”
The ceremony befell about half an hour from the place she grew up together with her siblings in Tontitown.
Who’s Stephen Wissmann?
In response to Folks, Wissman is certainly one of 13 siblings and lives in Nebraska together with his giant household. He installs irrigation techniques for work and likewise does sandblasting and portray.
Duggar will depart Arkansas to affix Wissman in Nebraska, the place “he has slightly home we purchased that we have been fixing up,” she stated.
How Jana Duggar, Stephen Wissmann met
Wissmann and Duggar met by their households greater than a decade in the past.
“I keep in mind them coming to our dwelling, in all probability 13 or so years in the past and so they ended up getting snowed-in right here, which infrequently occurs in Arkansas,” Duggar instructed Folks.
“I keep in mind simply taking part in video games late into the night time, doing puzzles collectively till the snow melted off, and so they have been capable of journey again dwelling. I do not actually keep in mind Stephen that nicely as a result of I am older than him and so he was in no way on my radar.”
They reconnected years in the past and tried relationship, however finally known as issues off. They saved in contact, and her brother Jeremiah Duggar married Wissman’s sister Hannah in 2022. They rekindled their romance earlier this 12 months and realized “We nonetheless take pleasure in one another. We nonetheless actually respect one another,” Duggar stated.
Jana Duggar’s household’s controversies
“Counting On” aired 11 seasons between 2015 and 2020. TLC canceled the present in 2021 following Josh Duggar’s indictment on little one pornography costs. The oldest little one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in jail.
The collection was a by-product of “19 Children and Counting,” which aired 2008-2015, with TLC pulling the plug on the present after Josh Duggar was discovered to have sexually molested 5 younger women, together with his sisters, when he was a teen.
‘Derogatory and sensationalized’:Duggar mother and father criticize ‘Shiny Completely satisfied Folks’ doc
Final 12 months, the four-part restricted docuseries “Shiny Completely satisfied Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques” was launched and featured accusations, together with from fourth Duggar little one Jill Duggar Dillard, towards the once-beloved actuality TV stars recognized for his or her sprawling household and conservative values. The collection claimed the Duggar mother and father had joined a cult led by an accused sexual predator as a younger couple.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar pushed again towards the portrayal of their household within the Amazon Prime collection, saying it “paints a lot and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized manner as a result of sadly that’s the route of leisure lately.”
Contributing: Pleasure Ashford
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