This is the most heartwarming story you’ll see all day – and it’s just in time for Father’s Day!
A man recently met his 40-year-old daughter he never knew he had. The emotional meeting was all captured on video:
Al Annunziata, 63, and Jyll Justamond, 40, embraced on June 11 in an emotional meeting that was captured on video.
“I’m never going to let you go, ever,” Annunziata said to Justamond in the footage. “This is my beautiful daughter.”
Justamond of Littleton, Colorado, told ABC News that she found Annunziata after tracking him down on Facebook on April 3 — her 40th birthday.
Justamond began her search for her biological father years ago after learning that the people she thought were her parents were actually her grandparents:
“My biological mother was 18 when she had me and for whatever the reason, felt that she wasn’t capable or old enough to raise me,” Justamond said. “She asked her stepfather and mother to raise me and I didn’t know I wasn’t their child. I found out when I was 10.
“It turns out that the person I thought was my half-sister was actually my mom,” she added. “It was bizarre and I tried to contact her and have a relationship with her when I found out, but she was not ready or willing at the time.”
Eventually, Justamond’s mother was able to tell her that her father’s name was Al, he was Italian, and when she’d met him he’d been bartending at a bar called Neary’s in Palisades Park, N.J.
That was enough information to tip off a Facebook user to tell Justamond to speak with Don Neary, the owner of the since-closed bar:
“I said, ‘I know this is crazy, but do you happen to know a guy named Al that worked [for] you in 1976, 1977?’” Justamond asked. “He said, ‘Oh, you mean Al Annunziata.’”
Justamond reached out to Annunziata on Facebook, and they arranged a meeting. Watch below:
Father meets daughter he never knew existed 40 years later. “I’ll never let her out of my life, ever.” https://t.co/TWo6OleZ4V pic.twitter.com/tnXcwNM0F0
— ABC News (@ABC) June 16, 2017
The newly reunited father and daughter plan to spend Christmas together in Las Vegas, where Justamond will meet her aunt.
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