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Man Reunited With Long Lost Dad After Posting Old Snap Of Him Matured With Face Ageing App Online

A man has been reunited with his long-lost father whom he had not seen in over 30 years after he posted an old photo of him to social media simulating what he might look like now using a face-ageing app.

Geraldo Serafim do Nascimento, aged 73, was filmed embracing his son, 51-year-old Everaldo Germano do Nascimento, at the emotional reunion in the municipality of Bertioga in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on 15th May.

The construction worker told news site G1: “What touched me was the hug he gave me. When I asked if he had a brother, he said his name, and when I asked his children’s names, he spoke of all of us.

Everaldo Germano do Nascimento, 51, reconnected with his father, Geraldo Serafim do Nascimento, 73, that he found using a free face aging app after 30 years, in Bertioga, Brazil on 15th May, 2021. (Newsflash)

“The guy (next to him) said I was his eldest son, he dropped everything in his hands and he hugged me. I’ve never had a hug like it, the hug of a dad who has felt his son’s absence for years.”

Everaldo tracked down his father with the help of netizens after his wife, 48-year-old hairdresser Eliana Almeida Nascimento, posted a photo of Geraldo when he was 20 years old to social media.

She also posted photos of what he might have looked like now after editing the photo using the face-ageing app on her son’s phone.

One of the images of Geraldo Serafim do Nascimento, 73, using a face aging app created by Everaldo Germano do Nascimento, 51, to find his father after 30 years, in Bertioga, Brazil on 15th May, 2021. (Newsflash)

The photos reached acquaintances of the OAP in Bertioga, who got in touch with the family members and helped them to arrange the surprise reunion.

Geraldo also got to meet his grandchildren for the first time during the reunion, after which his relatives took him out for a haircut and lunch.

The family hails from the north-eastern state of Paraiba. However, when Everaldo’s parents separated, his mother went to Rio de Janeiro and his father went to Guaruja in the south-eastern states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo respectively.

One of the images of Geraldo Serafim do Nascimento, 73, using a face aging app created by Everaldo Germano do Nascimento, 51, to find his father after 30 years, in Bertioga, Brazil on 15th May, 2021. (Newsflash)

The couple’s children went to stay with relatives, with Everaldo being looked after by his grandmother. He was just 14 when he last saw his father, who came to visit him a few times following his move south.

Everaldo now lives in the city of Sao Paulo in the south-eastern state of the same name.

He started looking for his father 24 years ago. However, he stopped searching for him after hearing a rumour he had died. It was his wife who encouraged him to resume the search more recently.

The image of Geraldo Serafim do Nascimento, 73, used on face aging app by Everaldo Germano do Nascimento, 51, to find his father after 30 years, in Bertioga, Brazil on 15th May, 2021. (Newsflash)

Geraldo was found to be living on a humble ranch, and his relatives, with whom he is newly connected, hope to help him to attain a better quality of life and even plan on bringing him to Sao Paulo for a while.

Everaldo told G1: “Thanks to God, everything paid off, we are very happy, everyone likes him a lot.”

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