Reality TV show reunites US veteran with daughter

Published: September 25, 2006 | 4828th good news item since 2003

A US veteran is being reunited with his daughter after more than 20 years apart, all thanks to a German reality television show. Glenn Godau hasn’t seen his daughter for many years, but it’s not because he didn’t want to.

Glenn Godau, being reunited with daughter: “Of course this is the only picture I’ve ever got of her.”

His daughter’s mother sent Godau a picture right before the young girl was put up for adoption. It was a child he never knew, one who was born after serving in the military in Germany more than 20 years ago.

Glenn Godau: “I’ve thought about her every day, not a day has gone by when I haven’t thought about her.”

His search ended with a letter.

Glenn Godau: “Well, at first I thought it was bogus, in today’s world stuff just doesn’t happen like that.”

The German television show called “All You Need is Love” said they found his long-lost child. The TV show is aimed at reuniting loved ones.

Glenn Godau: “When I first got the letter, I think I cried for about almost four hours straight, because it was all of a sudden, here it is.”

Godau is anxious to put his arms around his daughter for the first time in years.

Glenn Godau: “Just to hold her again, it’s paramount, it’s like a big hole in my life, the chance to hold your child once, two days after she was born.”

Godau is set to leave for Germany in early October. He says the show is giving him and his daughter a chance to make up for the years they spent apart.

Published in Life and Reunited
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