‘Welcome to Plathville’ Star Lydia Plath Married Her Husband After a 6-Month Courtship

Those who have tuned into Welcome to Plathville since the TLC series premiered have been captivated by Kim and Barry Plath and their highly sheltered children. Although many of the older siblings — like Ethan, Micah, and Moriah — have rebelled against their unconventional upbringing, their sister, Lydia Plath, has mostly gone along with her parent's ideals and rules. Which makes the possibility of her having a boyfriend seriously intriguing.

Despite her family's deeply religious beliefs, including Kim and Barry homeschooling their children and keeping them from sugary treats, Lydia was able to find love with her husband, Zac Wyse. Here's the scoop on how their relationship blossomed.

After fans spent multiple seasons watching Lydia consider finding love while honoring her faith, she confirmed she received the love she needed in her then-boyfriend, Zac. The TLC star confirmed their romance with a November 2024 Instagram post.

"Words can’t describe how grateful I am the Lord has brought you into my life!" Lydia captioned underneath several photos of her and her beau. "You never cease to amaze me with the adventures we go on, supporting me in every high and low, and overflowing every moment with joy as we pursue the Lord together."

During her Instagram reveal, many Welcome to Plathville fans wondered if she was hard-launching her and Zac's engagement. She wasn't at the time but, less than a month later, she revealed they were engaged and posted multiple adorable engagement photos.

"A million reasons to say YES to the love of my life!" Lydia shared on Instagram on Dec. 16, 2024. "@zaclwyse you’re a gift from the Lord!🤍You’ve been so patient with me and you’ve led in such a humble and giving way.The way you care for not only me, but for my family, my friends and everyone you come across in such an intentional way is a rare gem to find."

In February 2025, just two months after their engagement and six months of dating, Zac and Lydia married in an outdoor wedding filled with her family and friends, including the entire Plath clan. The wedding was where they shared their first kiss. The couple then honeymooned in Paris, France, where they took multiple stunning photos (that's kinda their thing!)

Lydia and Zac's courtship seemingly happened in the blink of an eye. Their engagement was shocking to fans, and even more so to her family. In the Season 7 premiere, Lydia's brother, Ethan Plath, joked that they were having a "shotgun wedding," meaning she was possibly pregnant and they wanted to get married ASAP. Once his sister searched the term online, she confirmed that wasn't the case. However, Ethan expressed another concern about Zac that he decided not to say in front of his family.

"I guess the one thing that I have hesitation of, is that I think he's gay," Ethan said in an interview while chuckling.

Elsewhere in the premiere, Welcome to Plathville viewers discovered why they decided to get married as soon as they did. The episode featured Zac asking Barry for Lydia's hand in marriage, to which the patriarch responded with, "Are you crazy?” His future son-in-law admitted he might be "a little" crazy, but he had a more reasonable motive.

“Lydia has a plan to go to Germany, and she wanted to go on this mission trip,” Zac explained. “And so, one, I wanted to go, and I brought it up to her, and then she was like, ‘Yeah, you're going.’ It was more an idea on my side, and she was like, ‘I’d absolutely love for you to go.’”

“Then we kind of got to the conversation of, ‘Okay, are we going to Germany married or engaged?’” he added. “And as we asked that question, everything kind of came together to happen before we went to Germany.”

Barry understood Zac and Lydia's urgency and gave him his blessing. He also told his daughter he was "proud" of her and happy she found her person. It appears viewers haven't seen the last of the Wyses!

Catch new episodes of Welcome to Plathville on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST on TLC.