Father breaks down in tears as his son who lives abroad surprises him with adorable trick
A Brazilian father was left sobbing when his son, who lives abroad, surprised him on his return home.
The heartwarming moment was caught on camera as the son pretended to call his father on Facetime from afar - while he was actually in the same room.
As the elderly father looked into his phone and saw his son's face, he greeted him with a smile while the son waved back. However he appeared to have no idea that the person on the end of the phone was actually standing right behind him.
The pair exchanged words and waves before the son eventually moved the phone to put his father in the frame - but it still took time for the father to realise his son was in the same room.
Eventually the penny dropped - making for an emotional reunion as the visibly moved father stood up, turned around and warmly embraced his son before breaking down in tears.
The emotional clip, which was shared on TikTok account @manu.arantex, has gained 7.5 million views and has left viewers in pieces at the reunion.
The wholesome clip was also shared on Reddit with over one thousand people rushing to the comments to gush over the beautiful bond between the pair.
One person wrote: 'Wish I had someone love me as much as that father loves his son.'
Another said: 'This makes me miss my dad, he's passed and yes fortunate to have had a good one.'
Someone else wrote: 'That is a real man. Real men are open and honest towards people they care deeply about.'
A fourth added: 'Best prank ever. The payoff was worth the confusion. Now let me cut my onions in peace.'
The emotional clip brought some to tears, while others reflected on their own relationships with their parents.
One person said: 'As someone who's never had involved parents and moved out at 15 with limited contact since, this video was a rush of emotions for me.
'The amount of love between that father and son is absolutely beautiful and my heart aches for such a connection. Beautiful <3'
Another said: 'This made me reach out to my dad. We haven't talked in a month or so.'
Someone else added: 'It's been 23 years since by dad passed (when my daughter was just a few weeks old, he only saw her twice in his life...) and it's STILL rough with posts like this.
'Some thing are just irreplaceable and that's life but jeez.'
It comes after another heartwarming video showed the moment a father was reunited with his children as he returned home after spending four months abroad in 2021.
Dean, 42, works in the RAF as a flight sergeant and recently returned to his home in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, after being stationed outside the UK since April.
His wife Kerry, 39, wanted to surprise their three children - Amelia, 14, Sydney, ten, and Sam, eight - and kept Dean's arrival a secret.
Kerry told their children that they were taking a picture to send to Dean and had them make a sign for saying 'Welcome home daddy'.
The trio were left speechless when their dad walked from behind them, before the family embraced in an emotional group hug.
In the video filmed by Kerry, her three children posed with a banner reading 'Welcome Home Daddy.'
She told them they were rehearsing for Dean's homecoming, but the children were oblivious to the fact that he was already back and ready to suprise them.
As the children said how excited they were to see their father, the RAF sergeant quietly walked out of the house, watching his kids with their mother.
He slowly started to walk up to his family as his children, unaware, kept talking to their mother.
Finally, Sydney and Sam turned around and realised the man they had all been waiting for had come home early.
A stunned Amelia put her hand on her mouth as she looks at her mother.
The family fell silent, and the three children rushed to embrace Dean, while Kerry kept filming.
Kerry, a catering assistant, explained: 'He's been in the RAF for 23 years - I always said I'd never go out with a military man but a mutual friend set us up on a blind date and we were married a year later.
'They had no idea he was coming back and that was the first time I had seen him as well.
'We hadn't seen him since the beginning of April and it is really difficult.
'The kids often get upset when he's not there and for the first few weeks, they tend to play up in the bedroom because they want him to tuck them in, but you get into a routine after a while.
'I filmed the video with my mum and we had been planning it with Dean for a few weeks.
'I told the kids that we needed to take some pictures with the banner in front of the house as a present for their dad.
'Having him come home meant a lot to them - it's been a tough couple of years.
'After we finished filming the video, it was like he had never been away and all cuddled up on the sofa together watching TV.
'The kids went to bed and it was the best they had gone in the last four months.'
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