Jana Duggar - Is She Really, Finally in a Courtship With Stephen Wissmann?! TLC

Jana Duggar is 31 and until very recently, it looked as though she had given up on the idea of marriage.



For years, the fact that Jana was still single was a source of running jokes for her siblings and a cause of deep condern to her parents.



The situaton was almost unheard of for a family in which girls were taught from a young age that procreation is their sole reason for being.



So with every birthday, the moaning and hand-wringing from the Duggar faithful became more intense, as did the need to believe that Jana was in a secret courtship that will soon bear fruit ... and by "fruit," of course, we mean children.



But now it seems that the big day is nearly at hand.

After so many years of false hope, there's now real reason to believe that Jana has entered a courtship with Stephen Wissman.



And fans are convinced wedding bells are in the couple's newar future.



Here's a complete list of all the men Jana has been erroneously linked to over the years, along with all the signs that she's finally found Mr. Right:



1. Single Cinderella

Dubbed the "Cinderella Duggar" due to the number of household chores she performs, Jana stayed at home to help care for her siblings as her brothers and sisters flew the coop to start families of their own.

2. Pushed Out of the Nest?

Sources close to the family say that from the time she was of child-bearing age, Jana's family has been attempting to marry her off to any available man who crosses her path. So we guess she's endured 12 years (at least) of being creepily objectified by her own parents!

3. Or Shackled to the Compound?

Of course, there are those who claim the opposite--that Jana has been forced to remain at home to help care for her siblings. Frankly, we'd believe either terrible rumor!

4. Either Way...

...the rumors keep flying, and they probably won't let up until Jana either gets married or releases a statement proclaiming that she plans to remain single for the rest of her life.

5. The Pressure Increases

The public pressure on Jana to hurry up and start breeding has only gotten more intense as her sisters have married and started families of their own. At this point, seven of Jana's younger siblings have married and welcomed children.

6. Who Are the Suitors?

The list of Jana's potential suitors runs the gamut from longtime family friends to famously pious NFL stars. And curiously, she's mostly kept mum about the rumors...

7. Tim Tebow

In 2014, Jana was linked to saintly quaterback Tim Tebow. Sadly, the romance was as ill-fated as Tebow's career. Either that, or it just never happened, which seems far more likely...

8. Lawson Bates

Lawson Bates is one of the stars of Bringing Up Bates, which is also a reality show about a super-churchy ginormous family. It sounded like a match made in TV heaven. Sadly, it was not meant to be.

9. Jonathan Hartono

After the Bates rumors died down, it was widely reported that Jana was romantically involved with longtime family friend Jonathan Hartono. Apparently, Hartono is a man who values his single status, as he was quick to shoot the rumors down.

10. Jacob Wilson

The Duggars have a lot of family friends, and it often feels like the media has hooked Jana up with just about all of them. In late 2016, she was spotted hanging out with Jacob Wilson a few times.This led to rumors that they were courting, but nothing ever came of it.

11. Caleb Williams

Hey, it's another family friend who's rumored to have courted Jana! Is this one also BS? Maybe, but Caleb Williams is different from Jana's other alleged suitors in a number of important ways...

12. Putting In Work

For one, he used to spend a lot more time with the Duggars, even stopping by for family meals. Not exactly conclusive evidence, but it's more convincing than anything we've seen previously.

13. Jim Bob Approved (For a While)

Caleb has even been spotted spending quality time with Jim Bob. Certainly seems like the type of behavior you'd expect from a guy who's working his way up to asking for Jana's hand in marriage! (We may be getting a tad ahead of ourselves.)

14. No Denial

When the rumors first started to spread, Caleb asked fans to bear in mind that the fact that he went to the Duggars' for dinner was not a sign of a courtship. But he also didn't say for certain that they weren't courting -- and he's been silent on the subject ever since.

15. The Rebel at Rest

Sources say Williams attended the same church as the Duggars, but held far more liberal views than they do. Surprisingly, that didn't seem to bother Jim Bob.

16. Crash and Burn

But you know what did bother Jim Bob (and Jana, we're assuming)? The statutory rape charges that led Caleb to flee the state!

17. That'll Do It