Will I Meet My Daughter Before I Pass Away? | Only Human

How sad to finally meet up with your parent after 41 years only for it to fall apart.

i HATE people who expect a CHILD to contact them first…..

I knew a man who died alone although having four children. He, too, liked to say that his door was open and that they knew where to find him if they needed him. That's not how it works. YOU reach out. Everything else is just cheap talk.

He could have said how incredibly sorry he was for not being in contact with his daughter.

Kees and Carolina unknowingly demonstrated the nature versus nurture theory. Despite being half a worth apart for 50 years, never seeing or speaking to each other, when reunited at ages 57 and 80+, it was clear that they both shared exactly the same temperament and the same starched backbone as each other!

The 1st story blew my mind that humans can be so stubborn and they willing to live with it .The daughter and father is 2 peas in a pod

I contacted my father as an adult, married with children. The first call he cried and cried. We flew him out to visit us- I was so nervous! We connected on many levels but I wanted to understand why? Why did you leave me? I was in an orphanage and foster home, then at eight my mother literally kidnapped me. She was mentally ill and addicted to pills. It was quite bad. I left home when I was just 14 years old. I am so very glad I contacted him- over the years I began to understand him as a person. He had a very tough life, he grew up on the streets of Brooklyn, served in merchant marines when he was 15! Was drafted into Korea. He had no one. Very sad. He didn’t know my mother was mentally ill, she was only 15 when she feigned pregnancy and they married. She was a Russian immigrant and her mother died when my mom was only ten. She lived in an orphanage. They were very poor, he shoveled coal and did odd jobs. It was a disaster of a marriage! When I understood that everyone has a story and we all have regrets. I forgave both of them. I’m so thankful I got to really know them before they died. My sons have wonderful memories of their Grandfather! ❤

The Mari welcome by dad and sons made me tear up. Such an overwhelming acceptance must have felt marvelous after thinking he didn’t want her because she was a girl.

It good enough for the first father 41 years without seeing his daughter tell me he just wanted her because he is old and alone.

The old man suddenly remembered his daughter after 41 years as he wanted a carer 😂😂 So pleased for Rhianna, definitely a good connection instantly.

The first lady was very gracious to her elder father. What he said when she was leaving, that he had shut the door on his past and she was part of that... I imagine those words haunted that poor girl for years. But he was granted a very special gift of being forgiven even though he couldn't lose his pride enough to say he's sorry all through the years. I hope she gets the welcome she's due!

The first guy was mad at Carolina’s mom, rightfully so , and took it out on her too.

All of these reunions touched me, but the second one really touched my heart , as I met my Father and learned of my heritage. Now 8 years later I know much more about my Norwegian heritage, the language, foods, traditions. All of it somehow feels so natural !! Skól !

Carolina and her father are both stubborn beings.

First story is tragic. Sad for the daughter, who made the effort to give this very broken man another chance at redemption. Great to see the joyful meetings with father and child in the last two stories. Kudos to the perfect host/narrator.

What a beautiful program this is, this is such healing work. I felt sad about the Dutch guy; abandoned by his parents in the war, then he abandons his own child. Life has its way of going full circle; and though that didn't end happily, at least he got to see his sister again; extraordinary that they had not met that they had not met for 70 years. His stubbornness cost him dearly.

Wow....what a meeting in pure Maori culture...you had me in tears ❤

Carolina needs therapy. She was a teenager when her parents divorced and that made a huge impact on her life. She still has resentments and resistance and is still angry. Perhaps that’s why she has no children or husband. Parents should understand what harm they can cause when they choose to do the things they does especially when children are involved

In all three segments, the kids were amazingly like their long lost fathers. In the first segment, it was really sad that the father somehow triggered the daughter. The two seemed so alike in temperament. OTOH, that might have been what did it.  The second story was such a contrast. Here you had a father and daughter who were also very alike, but the circumstances and the personalities were very different. He hadn't known she existed, yet he immediately took responsibility and welcomed her into the rest of the family. That Hakka welcome was amazing! I've been loving all the Maori culture that comes up in this show, and this segment was full of it. In contrast to the first segment, in the third one, the similarities between the father and son helped them bond.

I could have cried, watching that Haka, it was so beautiful.