Jobina Fortson and Bradley Evans met when he knocked on her dorm-room door at Howard University looking to use her printer. Eleven years later, they married.

Weeks after Kachet Jackson-Henderson and Brandon Bell met on Hinge, where the profiles of both featured photos of their dogs, she ended up in the hospital and he rushed to her side.

Cecelia Thornton-Alson and Terence Lee met at a wedding, where they read from the ‘Song of Songs,’ and soon began a bicoastal relationship.

Everett Long Jr. and Fred Smith Jr. marvel at the fact that, as two queer men, they met at what Mr. Long called one of the “most masculine and most beloved institutions of the Black community.”

Lauren Shell and Seth Ratner dated on and off after meeting on a Disney cruise in 2014. A chance encounter at a Billy Joel concert in 2018 finally sealed their romance.

Jill Martin, a “Today” show contributor, and Erik Brooks, a financier, were first engaged in 2019, then broke up a year later. After 16 months of no communication, they recommitted to each other.

As the little sister of David Doherty’s friends, Cait McDonagh passed a crucial test: “She was never annoying.”