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Two years later, in 1971, Jim and Kitty married.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
 
In 2003, after years of searching, the Fassels found the child whom they had placed for adoption. They had a family reunion, which included the Fassels and their other four adult children, together with their now-34 34-year -old adopted son, John Mathieson, who brought along his own wife and their four young daughters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=BILL PENNINGTON The New York |title=N.Y. Giants Coach Jim Fassel and His Wife, Kitty, Reunite With Son They Gave Up 34 Years Ago |url=https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2003/05/26/ny-giants-coach-jim-fassel-and-his-wife-kitty-reunite-with-son-they-gave-up-34-years-ago/26052833007/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The Ledger |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
 
Three years later, in 2006, Jim and Kitty Fassel divorced after years of counseling.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/sports/football/jim-fassel-still-waiting-for-second-chance-as-an-nfl-coach.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all | title=Years Later, Still Waiting for a Second Chance | first=Sam | last=Borden | date=December 15, 2011 | work=The New York Times | access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref> They later reconciled and remarried.<ref name=":1" /> Besides the son they had as teens, the Fassels had four more children after marrying, three sons and a daughter. One son is football coach [[John Fassel]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/sports/pro-football-34-years-later-one-coach-s-sweetest-victory.html | title=PRO FOOTBALL: 34 Years Later, One Coach's Sweetest Victory | first=Bill | last=Pennington | date=May 16, 2003 | work=The New York Times | access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref>