here in seneca county, he would rebuild his life-- >>> it was karl karlsen's home and now he was backwould rebuild his life among the farms, the fields, the vineyards, and old friends. does everyone in this area know the karlsen family? >> probably most of seneca family would know one or all of us. >> reporter: karl's wife was gone, but he still had his three little kids to think about. >> and he went back to work for a while and saw an opportunity that had just opened. >> was there a lot of concern for karl? >> that everybody realized this poor guy was not going to do it himself. he was surrounded by a big extended family where they meant something and it all seemed to come together in 1992. >> and he told me he had lost his wife in a fire and was a single dad. >> reporter: cindy got herself an instant family when she married karl in 1993. and between the farm and the glass job, karl was busy. cindy was desperate to have a child of her own. so they went through in vitro fertilization. >> and the happiest time of my life. >> the big kids were happy too when their brother, alex was bor