Two summers ago, Zach Swain took his future father-in-law, Paul, to shoot some hoops, but he had an ulterior motive — he wanted to ask permission to marry Paul's daughter, Hallie Kulick.

“He was like, ‘Of course you have permission to marry my daughter — but there are two conditions,’” Zach, 29, recalls in a Zoom interview with TODAY.com. “‘You have to love her for the rest of your life, and you have to learn sign language.’”

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Many classes and tutoring sessions in American Sign Language (ASL) later, Zach made good on his promise. During his wedding to Hallie, also 29, in July 2025, Zach surprised her parents, Paul and Gina Kulick, by delivering his vows in ASL.

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