Florida Vietnam veteran meets long-lost son for the first time thanks to Ancestry.com

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @jenniferkoster1942
    @jenniferkoster1942 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    He’s a spitting image of his father.

  • @Obet22
    @Obet22 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    So happy you’re together now!

  • @deborahbaker4770
    @deborahbaker4770 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +354

    HE LOOK’S JUST LIKE HIM👍🏻

    • @vickycameron-x8l
      @vickycameron-x8l 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      i thought so tooo :))))))

    • @annarcher5198
      @annarcher5198 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      SAME, wow

    • @rasempress9724
      @rasempress9724 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yep

    • @angelalake200
      @angelalake200 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      no dna test needed, it's practically his clone

    • @harmonieretrouvee8835
      @harmonieretrouvee8835 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They don’t need DNA testing.

  • @janetmiller2980
    @janetmiller2980 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    Son looks like both parents. I'm happy their search for one another had a positive outcome.

  • @LilyGazou
    @LilyGazou 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    I tip my hat to the man who married this single mother and helped raise the boy.

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @kennethjackson6811
      @kennethjackson6811 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Great comment…

    • @josezambrano6382
      @josezambrano6382 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Especially back then, when it was more frowned upon.

  • @amarie995
    @amarie995 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    They look so much alike. What a sweet amazing story.

  • @ReiRei992
    @ReiRei992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Respect to the man who raised this man.

  • @bartinadikgale1832
    @bartinadikgale1832 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    He looks like his Dad and looks younger for 51.God is good we are happy with both of you.❤️🙏🇿🇦

  • @lisatelly2418
    @lisatelly2418 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Wow you can see the resemblance...so wonderful they are together.

  • @oldgloryhillfarmturtlewoma9132
    @oldgloryhillfarmturtlewoma9132 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    They look incredibly alike! No mistaking they’re father and son. So special finding each other.

  • @i_am_fatima
    @i_am_fatima 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Sweet story 🥰 happy they finally was able to find each other 🙏💕

  • @paolo3815
    @paolo3815 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Beautiful story

  • @Sadiyyah314
    @Sadiyyah314 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    Beautiful that they were reunited. But i hope the son asks him the tough questions, and i hope the dad has an answer

  • @dawnpham8394
    @dawnpham8394 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Oh wow, he looks so much like his father. I am happy for their reunion.

  • @jscho8674
    @jscho8674 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    How divine. I hope they're all doing great. Wonderful story. ❤

  • @MrSpeedracer510
    @MrSpeedracer510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thank you for sharing your story with the world 🌎 and I hope you and your son nothing but the best. God bless you all.

  • @Flyingtaco82
    @Flyingtaco82 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Beautiful! My birth father died before I could meet him. 😢

    • @Surviver-e2o
      @Surviver-e2o 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I am so sorry for your loss.

    • @mgtowski395
      @mgtowski395 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      His soul lives in your heart.

    • @brendadickson9583
      @brendadickson9583 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ❤❤❤❤Sorry to hear that my condolences

  • @jmurry6695
    @jmurry6695 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Beautiful son. God is good.

  • @minnipearls3633
    @minnipearls3633 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wow! He sure looks like his dad. I’m so happy for them both.

  • @gabriellechunn267
    @gabriellechunn267 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Ancestry helped me find my sister! Her mom took off to California with her when she was a baby. My dad got to see her for the first time since she was a newborn back in February for his leap day birthday.

    • @peekaboopeekaboo1165
      @peekaboopeekaboo1165 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pardon me for asking this...
      What's the origin of "Chunn" ?

  • @a32tl
    @a32tl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I hope they develop a very loving relationship and become great friends.

  • @gotrescuedauto3584
    @gotrescuedauto3584 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    TWINS 🎉❤😊

  • @moniquekyle8354
    @moniquekyle8354 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm so happy for them!

  • @jenningj1105
    @jenningj1105 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Can see the deep sadness in the son's eyes, most understandably so. Beyond sad that the father, it seems from his own words, did not even attempt to locate him over the years - had the girlfriend's full name.

    • @Hey_Blinkin
      @Hey_Blinkin 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Times were different but I agree with the sentiment.

    • @ThisGuy76
      @ThisGuy76 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@Hey_Blinkin, was going to say, things then weren't like they are now.

    • @mrsTraveller64
      @mrsTraveller64 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      he might have had many reasons not to try and find his son; he might have thoyght what if the mom remarried and the son don't know his past, what if the son rejects him, what if his effort to find his son would only mess up his son's and the mom's life...better to let the son search for him IF he wants to find him!

    • @rocket5557
      @rocket5557 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I feel bad for the son and his mom. They didn’t deserve that. Harsh and sad realization the son came to that his biological dad never tried to look for. I hope he appreciates his stepdad.

  • @lpri
    @lpri 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I found the reunion a little icy. The dad talked about his mother and son like they were disposable property. The son appeared like he was expecting a warmer welcome ( hugs, kisses, crying and laughing) Oh well, still wish them both and happy and prosperous future together. ❤❤

  • @fionamoody1432
    @fionamoody1432 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ancestory is really doing great things.👏👏👏👏👏

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown8998 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Congratulations too the both of you. Spitting image

  • @janeetter7193
    @janeetter7193 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So Cool! This gave me a big smile! Thank you and Blessings to ALL

  • @PaulTrippy-bj8ho
    @PaulTrippy-bj8ho 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    see more of this. i know many married men back in the mid 2000s that visited thailand and popped a baby and left lmao. i cant imagine the scene now.

    • @priscillavelazquezs
      @priscillavelazquezs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think in the Afghanistan/Iraq/US war, there might have been some of that, or maybe not due to Islam being so strict…

    • @Lily_of_the_Forest
      @Lily_of_the_Forest 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s AWFUL!

    • @Thaddeus-ml8if
      @Thaddeus-ml8if 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@priscillavelazquezs No it was def happening in Iraq/Afghanistsn. They def are not pious. Esp the men and little boys. 😳🤮

  • @MsBhappy
    @MsBhappy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Healing for both of them

  • @genedandy
    @genedandy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Congratulations guys! 👍

  • @celetaduncan8241
    @celetaduncan8241 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So happy yall our together.

  • @JackieM414
    @JackieM414 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Emotional and inspiring for many. Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @monicascott2354
    @monicascott2354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Omg. Those two are freaking adorable.

  • @breathless8075
    @breathless8075 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Our Veterans, I am married to one. WE are celebrating our 30th Anniversary on July 30th. If we make it that far. Pray for the World. Great Story, thanks so much for sharing this 👏👏👏👏

  • @KoniB.
    @KoniB. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    These stories always make me bawl like a baby. I guess it is a Vietnam war thing. We grew up everyday with it in our living rooms, so it makes it "personal". Happy they have found each other.

  • @pakawanmalayavech101
    @pakawanmalayavech101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s amazing sweet story. His mother is a Thai lady from Ubon Province in Thailand 🇹🇭.💐🌺❤️

  • @Andbygrace7024
    @Andbygrace7024 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    What a resemblance

  • @jcjackson4446
    @jcjackson4446 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    My husband's story is much more amazing than this. My husband was an Air Force veteran too back in that time.
    He was also stationed in Thailand.
    He also hooked up with a young thai lady who became pregnant. The baby was born right before he was scheduled to leave. They had no plans to marry. But what he did do was ask for his baby. He's a black man, he was 21 at the time.. So he was worried what would become of his baby. So he gave the mother everything that she asked, and he brought his baby back to the states with the help of the military.
    Once back in the States his mother, father sisters and family helped him raise his son. His son is 51 now, and has given him three beautiful granddaughters.
    My husband never married until he was 63 and he married me 12yrs ago.
    I look at him kind of like a hero because of what he did.
    What I really wish was that his son could have found his mother one day or she could have found him..... To complete the happy ending.

    • @mairamaira5589
      @mairamaira5589 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ❤Much respect to your husband❤

    • @rocket5557
      @rocket5557 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That’s a real man you’ve got right there! Hold on to him! Nothing like the coward in this video.

    • @ThanhDOng-mc3lh
      @ThanhDOng-mc3lh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@rocket5557 - Please don't call people names.... "coward" when you do not know the situation then. Every story always has two sides!

    • @CaucasianCajun
      @CaucasianCajun 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much better, better or even on par is a HIGHLY subjective opinion...
      I think your story is shit honestly

    • @PHONZ53
      @PHONZ53 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your first sentence was dumb already why you wanna compare what happened to ur husbands life to this man My husbands stories better lol 😂

  • @Asg657
    @Asg657 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is great I hope they all adjust well and have the love.

  • @irenekotarac1346
    @irenekotarac1346 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful story! They look so much alike, God bless.🙏❤️🙏

  • @Darci3333
    @Darci3333 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So glad you guys got to meet❤

  • @sbella1607
    @sbella1607 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God Bless you Both.....I never knew my Father....found him through ancestry, but had died 5 months earlier...so sad...

    • @NINA10117
      @NINA10117 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @sbella 1607 I'm sad for your loss. I hope you had the opportunity to meet some kind people who knew him and could share some of their stories about him with you.

  • @shannonfergusson978
    @shannonfergusson978 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So happy for them all. ❤❤❤

  • @olgacorrales8035
    @olgacorrales8035 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So happy for both

  • @kittycat8222
    @kittycat8222 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “It’s alright now, I’m with you, you’ll pull though this. We’ll pull through. “. - miss Saigon….
    still haven’t found my lost aunts and uncles my grandfather left there.

  • @SMcCaskill
    @SMcCaskill 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just looking at the two of them standing together you can tell they are father and son.

  • @drijamusa9891
    @drijamusa9891 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He has his father's hair!!! Glad they found each other.

  • @andrewstewart9991
    @andrewstewart9991 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome!

  • @rocket5557
    @rocket5557 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How do you know you have a child out there somewhere and you just abandon them and move on with your life like nothing and never look for them for 51 years? He knew for a fact she was pregnant with his child and he just left them and never went back for them. What a piece of shit. The real hero here is the stepdad.

  • @donaldteal6315
    @donaldteal6315 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really great all the best too you and your family ✝️ God bless all your days ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

  • @andreastruble
    @andreastruble 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a blessing!

  • @Roadrunner78626
    @Roadrunner78626 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very cool reunion😊

  • @GoodKarma1020
    @GoodKarma1020 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow he looks like his Dad!!

  • @servantJerubbaalgodSlayer
    @servantJerubbaalgodSlayer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful! 👏🇨🇦

  • @lynelliott3301
    @lynelliott3301 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful!

  • @Wul-Lop
    @Wul-Lop 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙏🎉🎉🎉 congratulations... May you all be happy...

  • @whateverwhatever5715
    @whateverwhatever5715 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Happy for them ...they look alike

  • @kiranwingelaar7009
    @kiranwingelaar7009 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow, you look so much alike.

  • @AizonDeSoteraux-tv1xx
    @AizonDeSoteraux-tv1xx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He looks exactly like his Dad.

  • @mslady1230
    @mslady1230 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so beautiful 🥹

  • @shannonfergusson978
    @shannonfergusson978 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He looks a lot like his dad. Hope they can build beautiful memories together ❤❤❤

  • @kookaburrakookaburra
    @kookaburrakookaburra 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So what happened to his mother? Did she try to find him through the Air Force ?Bit of a back story on this unexplained. Glad they finally met each other.

    • @SUL-2000
      @SUL-2000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The narrator says he had an American stepfather...and the pic shows his younger siblings. I guess his mom had moved on with another man who was willing to take care of her. Either way, good for the son. But I'm not touched by the story.

  • @jamesa.rodriguez8598
    @jamesa.rodriguez8598 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Praise the Lord! He looks like the father. Happy for you.

  • @julieo6266
    @julieo6266 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations

  • @GeorgenneMastro
    @GeorgenneMastro 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a sweet story
    They really look alike.

  • @shawneross1067
    @shawneross1067 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He looks like his dad!

  • @theress9063
    @theress9063 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless you all!

  • @TessT101
    @TessT101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My brother served in Vietnam and has a daughter. We be have no idea who or where she is. I wish my brother could have met her. She's in her 50s if she is still alive.

    • @Junieland930
      @Junieland930 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She is for sure still alive and wondering her whole life who her dad is

  • @Mochichan2
    @Mochichan2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How amazing. There’s no time like the present.

  • @Lily_of_the_Forest
    @Lily_of_the_Forest 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Forced to leave? Why could he not go back later?

    • @muniondalenewyurk6777
      @muniondalenewyurk6777 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I know you are clueless by asking this sorry question! Those times were tough and it was difficult not only for Vietnam Vets to transition to civilian life and many had ptsd. His dad was probably 19 or 20 years old back then! Vietnam vets were spit on and belittled when they returned home! Also that was a war torn country and the civilians moved around a lot! Those were difficult times! Stop judging this father, he stated that he tried to find the mother & his child! Any veteran / military active soldier understands when Uncle Sam makes you move out, you have no choice! He didn’t purposely abandon the mother! There are plenty of children/fathers who never met each other due to the complexities of that horrible war & the Vietnamese women were ostracized for having a “mixed child” and in our country some men deliberately didn’t want to find their Vietnamese children also! That’s called life! When you serve & fight in a war that you were drafted into then you can speak, otherwise sthu!

    • @Lily_of_the_Forest
      @Lily_of_the_Forest 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@muniondalenewyurk6777 he could have gone back in the 1980s or even 90s. And I will NOT sthu!

    • @junglesuperstar9270
      @junglesuperstar9270 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@muniondalenewyurk6777never head of condoms ? Or not having sex ?

    • @junglesuperstar9270
      @junglesuperstar9270 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@muniondalenewyurk6777that’s called EVIL

  • @ggcatbelladogantics2959
    @ggcatbelladogantics2959 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Same exact head

  • @carolinav6430
    @carolinav6430 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome 👍

  • @IGNANT4LIFE
    @IGNANT4LIFE 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have dreams sometimes like this and it messes with me all day. I can't believe it being someone's reality.

  • @Goalsold
    @Goalsold 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing how he found his father through ancestry

  • @monicamccravey457
    @monicamccravey457 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can see the resemblance, especially on their facial profile.

  • @saidaahmedshapi7783
    @saidaahmedshapi7783 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He looks alot like his father 🇰🇪

  • @Laydeejay800
    @Laydeejay800 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Twins! 🙏🏽❤️

  • @ChasRiaStJohn
    @ChasRiaStJohn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The son seems sad. He has inner child that seems pretty wounded. The healing now begins.

  • @luarcobal3127
    @luarcobal3127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    they really are father and son, just by looking at them.

  • @Caocao8888
    @Caocao8888 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They were a cute couple!

  • @pvantran82
    @pvantran82 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Let's be honest. Father was a scum. Clapped some cheeks and left. Gives two fs about the kid. Abandoned his offspring to wander by himself in the harsh world. Piece of sh*t move.

  • @tinamartin7349
    @tinamartin7349 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    some kids look just like there parent ,he dose

  • @barbaratankersley7117
    @barbaratankersley7117 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He sure looks like his dad

  • @johnbell8011
    @johnbell8011 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The son looks like him…a mini him

  • @maddieharr7211
    @maddieharr7211 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He looks like his Dad.

  • @angelamorse1716
    @angelamorse1716 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How sweet

  • @songbird1920
    @songbird1920 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful ♥️

  • @sherrygirlgg2492
    @sherrygirlgg2492 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He looks like him with a Thai twist, lol! So happy for you!

  • @ptiaptia7347
    @ptiaptia7347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMG he looks just like his Dad.

  • @BroVll888
    @BroVll888 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Makes me cry!! PRAISE the Lord Jesus. Thank you Lord for this reunion in Jesus name Amen

  • @DokBua0424
    @DokBua0424 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    U cn tell he had a void until ❤now he has rest life to be with dad.

  • @dennisleporte2327
    @dennisleporte2327 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of the reason's I love technology.

  • @tameraalvarez6438
    @tameraalvarez6438 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes.. you now know who you are!!

  • @margaritacano5466
    @margaritacano5466 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BEAUTIFUL RÉUNION, ❤❤❤ GOD BLESS THEM BOTH

  • @tameraalvarez6438
    @tameraalvarez6438 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Omg how they look the same!!

  • @simplyp5521
    @simplyp5521 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤧 they even scroll through the phone the same way.

  • @davidadkison4702
    @davidadkison4702 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was adopted and told by my mother never to try to find my biological father. She had a letter telling her that he didn’t want me. I know his name and his brother’s name as well but I won’t try to find him and he may already be gone by now.

  • @MyYouie
    @MyYouie 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful. I met my "father" when i was about 19. All he did was say he never wanted a child and complained about having to pay back some welfare.

    • @NINA10117
      @NINA10117 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @MyYouie Well I'M glad that you are here in this world! And so is your Heavenly Father. He has a purpose, a healing, and an abundant life waiting for you! Check Him out, his earthly name is Jesus Christ. Get to know Him, best dad ever! 🙂

  • @richardmartinez6057
    @richardmartinez6057 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amen 🙏 ☝️ all will meet if not on earth up in heaven 😇