Jason Duggar Met His Wife While Trying to Prove His Older Sister Wrong

Jana Duggar helped Jason Duggar find his wife. Jason Duggar married Maddie Grace in his home state of Tennessee on October 3, 2024. The couple met through a chance encounter on Instagram less than a year ago, and it’s all thanks to Jana . Jason explained that he was only browsing the social media platform to show his older sister that it was possible to meet someone new.

Jason Duggar met his wife because he was trying to prove something to his sister

In a chat with People ahead of their Oct. 3 wedding, Jason and Maddie recalled their chance meeting on social media. Jason claims he was scrolling through Instagram to prove to Jana Duggar that it was 100% possible to meet a crush on the app. The couple say they came across Maddie’s profile by chance and liked what they saw. From there, they started chatting and eventually met.

In December 2023, they were a couple and chose to announce their relationship to the world in May 2024. They got engaged in August and married before knowing each other for an entire year. Jason proved his point to Jana, but she didn’t actually follow his lead. While Jason proved that you could “put yourself out there” and meet someone online, Jana didn’t need to.

After Jason and Maddie’s chance meeting online, Jana got back together with Stephen Wissmann. Jana previously dated Wissmann before splitting for several years. They reconnected and decided to make things official. The duo got engaged in June 2024 and married in August. Jana now lives in Nebraska with her husband.

Maddie and Jason’s chance meeting is pretty unique for the Duggar family

Although their romance was a whirlwind, much like the early relationships of Jason’s many siblings, their story is quite unique. The newlyweds are only the second Duggar couple to not meet through a family connection. Jason’s siblings have largely pursued partners already tied to the Duggar family in some way. Jana, John David Duggar, Joseph Duggar, Josiah Duggar, Justin Duggar, Joy-Anna Forsyth, as well as Jeremiah and Jedidiah Duggar, all married family friends years before things got romantic.

Jill Dillard was introduced to her husband through her father and Jinger Vuolo found her match through her sister, Jessa Seewald. Jessa and Jason are the only Duggar siblings who weren’t related to their spouse’s family before they started dating. Jessa and her husband, Ben Seewald, met at church after Ben’s family traveled over an hour from their home to specifically attend services at the Duggar family’s church. They hit it off and dated for several months before Ben moved to Springdale, Arkansas, to focus on their relationship. The couple married in 2014.