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Baron, now 39, said Rohlck never returned to the Starbucks, though he always wondered what came of the mom and her baby boy.

\"I thought about him constantly,\" Baron said. \"What type of person he turned out to be, if he was a funny little kid ...\"

Baron said he did an online search of Rohlck and learned that in 2012, she died from complications of breast cancer. Baron also learned that Rohlck's husband, Thomas Celner, died in 2020 after seeing a GoFundMe page with the family's names attached.

\"I left a comment, 'I'm the barista that was there when Jonathan was born, and I would love to be able to talk to him,'\" Baron said he wrote on the page.

Baron connected with Celner's aunt and later found the teen on Facebook.

On March 21, Celner and Baron met for coffee at the Starbucks location where Celner was born.

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Celner is now working for UPS and attending community college.

\"The story always reminded me of my mom, which I really enjoy, \"Celner told \"GMA,\" adding that his mom was an amazing, tough person who enjoyed acting.

\"She would always tell me the story and would say how insane those next few weeks were for her -- just a total media circus,\" he added. \"When Griffin [Baron] reached out, it came full circle, which was cool.\"

Celner said he sometimes scores a free drink on his birthday whenever her shares his tale with a Starbucks barista.

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