Based on Natalie Shutler's The New York Times article "Son, Placed for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later", which tells the story of 36-year-old Martin Schmidt, who just prior to having his own kids, decided to seek out his biological parents in Wisconsin, after knowing for decades that he was adopted. Schmidt's parents Dave Lindgren and Michele Newman were high school sweethearts, and broke up months prior to Schmidt's birth. After being reconnected via Schmidt, Lindgren and Newman fell in love again and married with their firstborn son officiating the wedding.