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After being away from home for 14 months, Brian Byrne made a special trip from Tel Aviv, Israel, to surprise his mother on her birthday in Ireland.

"Oh my gawd.. Cheeesus Brian!" 

When you've got a libarary card!

Gabriella Guardado is a 22-year-old nurse from Florida. When she was 10, her mother married David Lynde following an abusive relationship with her father.

For years, Gabriella and her three siblings wanted David to adopt them but her biological father refused to sign off on the papers. She had given up all hope until she realized that adult adoption was a possibility.

Sometimes, news stations announce lottery winners live on the air. Sometimes, those winners happen to be other reporters from that studio. Luck: It Happens.