{"id":188528,"date":"2018-09-18T08:48:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=188528"},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:45:02","slug":"man-biological-parents-officiates-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-biological-parents-officiates-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Man reunites with his biological parents… and officiates their wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Martin Schmidt turned 18, his adoptive parents gave him the names of his biological parents so he could decide whether or not he wanted to reach out and get to know them. But it wasn’t until he was in his early 30s and was an expectant dad himself that he decided to get in touch with his\u00a0biological mother, Michele Newman, who was living in Hawaii at the time. Little did Martin know that he would play an amazing role in his biological parents’ future.<\/p>\n

When Michele gave birth to Martin, she was a high school junior. Martin’s father was older but still in high school and was working at a dairy farm. They broke up before she knew she was pregnant, and after she had Martin and graduated high school, she moved away, living in various cities over the years. She had married twice but never had any other children.<\/p>\n

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When Martin found Michele through the the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, they spoke on the phone, and it was very emotional. Michele told the New York Times<\/a>, “It was just incredible, and overwhelming to hear his voice.” Martin added, “We were two strangers, meeting for the first time, who already had an emotional bond.” Michele told the Times she had always wondered about Martin, and “felt so blessed that this happened in my life at 50-something years old.\u201d<\/p>\n