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A World War II veteran met a mystery woman in 1944 but after a brief interaction, they separated and did not see each other again. Finally, after 78 years, they reunited and recounted the unforgettable moment they shared during World War II. 99-year-old Reginald Pye recalled the time she met a French mystery woman. Just …

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Just when this pet owner thought she’d lost her cat forever, a beautiful twist of fate led them to find each other after getting a call from the animal control. She has been missing for 536 days! Mindy Criner and her husband, Luke, adopted Cat from the Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter based in Virginia. At …

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A supposed babysitter picked up a 21-month-old girl from their apartment in 1971. From that day on, the toddler’s family didn’t see her again. After 51 years since the abduction, they reunited with her through a DNA match. On August 23, 1971, Alta Apatenco made a newspaper inquiry about a babysitter for her one-year-old daughter …

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A Korean War Navy veteran who had been trying to track down the woman he fell in love with nearly 70 years ago has finally reunited with his lost love. Duane Mann first met Peggy Yamaguchi in 1953, while his unit was based in Yokosuka, Japan, from 1953 to 1954. The 22-year-old would work as …

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After two decades apart, a Utah man reunited with his birth mother after she sent him a Facebook message on his birthday last November. Benjamin Hulleberg is a middle school substitute teacher who knew from a young age that he was adopted by his parents, Brian and Angela Hulleberg. He grew up wanting to meet …

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In 2018, Michael Bennett purchased a 23andMe DNA test kit to learn more about his family’s health history. But what he ended up discovering was more than he expected: a whole new family waiting for him. Michael, 70, was born in 1951 in post-World War II occupied Japan. His biological mother is a Japanese woman …

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Gerda Cole who now lives in a long term care home gave birth to a daughter when she was just 18 years old. But as a Jewish refugee during the height of World War II, she had no choice but to give her up for adoption. Eighty years later, she met her child for the …

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A first-grade teacher in Texas got the sweetest surprise after her military mom showed up while she was teaching a class. Samantha Norris works at Harmony School of Innovation, a charter elementary school in Austin. She was in the classroom with her students when a surprise visitor stopped by—her mother, U.S. Army Sgt. Tamie Norris, …

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In January 2020, retired Atlanta Police Department officer L.J. Williamson thought she was being recognized at a pep rally for working with a local program that helps kids in need.  But she had no idea that she was in for a bigger surprise. While Williamson stood on the court, her eldest son, U.S. Army Spc. …

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Two men who became friends at a labor camp during the Holocaust were unexpectedly reunited after 79 years. A beautiful and heartwarming reunion of WWII survivors as they defy time and distance. Jack Waksal and Sam Ron endured slave labor together in the Pionki Labor Camp in Poland and were separated after the former fled …

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If you have a big family, you’d know that getting everyone together isn’t easy due to long distances and conflicting schedules. The last time this grandma from Connecticut got to be with all her five children was in 2013, and they’ve never managed to get all the kids and grandkids in one place—until her most …

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Everyone has a favorite person—someone who inevitably brightens your day with their mere presence. Grandma Honey from Columbus, Ohio, met hers when she traveled to Haiti back in 2010. She went there to help the residents recover after a devastating earthquake hit the country. While there, she became friends with a young man named Johny …

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