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Father, daughter reunite ahead of Father's Day

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Father, daughter reunite ahead of Father's Day
Father, daughter reunite ahead of Father's Day
DNA test kit leads to a local Father's Day reunion decades in the making.

OF A LIFETIME.

A LOOK AT THEFINAL DAYS OF TRAINING...FOR TWOOF FLORIDA’S...NEWEST OLYMPIANS.GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY FATHERSDAY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING FOX 4NEWS AT 10.

I’M RACHEL LOYD.WE HOPE ALL THE FATHERS ANDFATHER FIGURES OUT THERE...ARE HAVING AN *AMAZING DAY.AND TONIGHT...IN HONOR OF THEHOLIDAY...WE WANT TO BRING YOUTHE STORY OF...A FATHER’S DAYREUNION...MORE THAN *20 YEARS INTHE MAKING.FOX 4’S ROCHELLE ALLEYNE HAS THESTORY.00-100:26-0:310:48-0:562:21-2:30{PK}IT ALL STARTED WITH A QUESTIONABOUT *WHAT SHE WAS...((Annmarie Goff//Found fatherafter 30 years))"I didn’t even know whatnationality I was."AND AFTER BUYING A 23-AND-ME DNAKIT...29-YEAR-OLD ANNMARIE GOFF...WHOLIVES IN NEW YORK...WAS HIT WITHANOTHER QUESTION...((Annmarie Goff//Found fatherafter 30 years))"And then I said, ’Hey if Icould find that out, maybe Icould find him."THAT "HIM"...WOULD BE THE FATHERSHE NEVER KNEW...WHO WAS PRESUMED DEAD.((Annmarie Goff//Found fatherafter 30 years))"When I got the results back, Ihad all these first cousins andaunts and uncles and it saidthey were related to me and Ihad absolutely no idea how."THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO...AFTER A DECADE OF DEEP DIVESTHROUGH ANCESTRY-DOT-COM ANDSOCIAL MEDIA...AN ANSWER...ALLTHE WAY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.((Frank Rizzi//Connected withdaughter after 30 years))"My aunt called me up lastAugust and told me was in NewYork in 1989 and 1990.

I toldher, I said ’Yeah, why?

Thepolice looking for me?

And shesaid ’No your daughter islooking for you.’ I said ’Comeagain?’ And she said ’Yes, youhave a daughter out there.’"AND AFTER 30 YEARS...FRANK RIZZI...*FINALLY METANNMARIE...THE VIDEO IS A LITTLE BLURRY...BUT THE EMOTION CAN’T BEMISTAKEN.((Frank Rizzi//Connected withdaughter after 30 years))((keep video playing overbites))"I always said, if I was able tohave a child I wanted to have agirl.

So I got one{butted t}((Annmarie Goff//Found fatherafter 30 years))"I started crying a little bit."SINCE THAT MEETING...THE TWO ARE EXPERIENCING A LOTOF "FIRSTS"...INCLUDING TODAY...((Annmarie Goff//Found fatherafter 30 years))Reporter: "What is it like fyou to say Happy Father’s Dayfor the first time this year?Annmarie: "Um.

My heart feelsfull and emotional."{butted t}((Frank Rizzi//Connected withdaughter after 30 years))"I had some family memberscalling me up for the first timeand saying ’Happy Father’s Day’and I’m not used to it."ANOTHER BIG ADJUSTMENT...FRANK IS HAVING TO GET A CRASHCOURSE...ON DAD JOKES.((Frank Rizzi//Connected withdaughter after 30 years))"Don’t have any jokes, but I’llthink of some.((Annmarie Goff//Found fatheafter 30 years))"I know a million corny jokes.So we’ll definitely trade jokesand I can help him out withhis."AND THE PAIR WILL HAVE PLENTY OFTIME TO PRACTICE...BECAUSE ANNMARIE AND HER FIANCEARE MOVING DOWN TO FLORIDA TO BECLOSER TO FRANK AND OTHER FAMILYMEMBERS.((Annmarie Goff//Found fatherafter 30 years))Annmarie: "Two weeks and fivedays."Reporter: "Not that you’recounting or anything right?Annmarie: "Yeah not that I’counting...(laughs)."SUCH A HEARTWARMING STORY....THANKS, ROCHELLE.

AND A SPECIALTHANKS TO FOX 4 FIELDPRODUCER

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