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Video: Grandad with Alzheimer’s recognises his granddaughter who’s home for Christmas




Christmas is an emotional time of year with family and friends reuniting for the festive season but some reunions can be more emotional than others as the family proved with this heartwarming video showing an Alzheimer’s sufferer reuniting with his daughter and granddaughter for the first time in two years.

The video which has gone viral was uploaded by Derek Webb from Wexford shows his dad meeting his sister and niece who are home for the holidays from Australia. Mark who had an array of emotions told reporters: “This is a short video clip of my niece, Charlotte, dressed as Santa, making a surprise visit home from Oz for this Christmas. “She was and still is dad’s favourite, Dad might have Alzheimer’s but he will never forget his first Grandchild even though he hasn’t seen her for 2 years.”

“We flew her in as his Christmas present, I am sure he’ll agree it beats a pair of socks and aftershave any day. He was still crying an hour later. This is what Christmas is all about.”

Watch the heart touching clip below:

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