DECATUR, Ala. ( WHNT ) — A father and daughter have reunited after nearly five decades of searching.
“It’s like a dream come true… what little girl doesn’t want her daddy?” said Lavania LakitaLynn Lumpkins.
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It’s been 46 years since the pair have been together. Lavania said there were plenty of discouraging moments and many unanswered phone numbers and addresses.
But now, however, they’re finally in each other’s arms again.
Their story starts in Cleveland, Ohio, where Lavania was born. At the age of two, her mother moved south, taking Lavania with her.
“My grandmother ended up in Tuskegee, and we as well, along with the majority of my aunts and uncles that were in Cleveland, they came too,” said Lavania.
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Her father, Marvin Lumpkins, only had a phone book and word of mouth to find his daughter.
“So, I never did find it, and I didn’t even notice she had been looking for me,” said Marvin.