The very first moment a grandparent meets their grandchild — something magical happens. Looking into the eyes of the newest member of the family is incredible. It’s a lineage that the grandparent can take all the credit for and it’s absolutely wonderful to meet that newest grandbaby.
This special moment was captured in the sweetest, most touching photos on the internet. They’re enough to make you melt.
These 40 grandparents meeting their grandbabies for the first time will warm the coldest of hearts.
1. He passed away just 24 hours after meeting his granddaughter. They are so grateful for this moment.
2. She’s 101-years-old, the baby is just 13-days-old.
3. This 3-day-old newborn gets to meet his dying grandmother.
4. Not many people get to meet their great-great-grandchildren.
5. They’re both 91! One in years, the other in days.
6. “After three years of surgeries to correct a congenital heart defect including a Berlin Artificial Heart implant and a heart transplant, my niece is finally healthy enough for international travel. Here she is meeting her grandpa in Germany for the first time.”
7. Now that’s a happy, proud grandpa right there.
8. This great-grandfather beams with joy while holding his great-granddaughter.
9. This great-grandma and her great-granddaughter were born 100 years apart.
10. Five generations. Amazing.
11. Another beautiful pair 100 years apart in age.
12. This little baby has only been on the earth for 1 day. He’s been alive for 36,500 of them.
13. These two seem very content together.
14. This baby has their grandpa’s head!
15. It’s his very first grandson.
16. He gets to meet the baby that was named after him.
17. I think it’s safe to say these two hit it off.
18. She has Alzheimer’s and is seeing her great-grandson for the first time.
19. Bonding with great-grandma.
20. This was the first and last time they met.
21. She was able to meet her great-great-grandson before passing away.
22. “My 95 year old ailing grandpa meeting my 2mo son, his first great-grandchild, for the first time at my sister’s wedding. Hard-nosed WW2 veteran in tears.”
23. Instant, unconditional, and overwhelming love.
24. A grandmother’s happy place.
25. Hanging out with great-grandpa for the first time.
26. These two share the same birthday.
27. Grandma’s heart is full now.
28. Grandpa holding precious cargo.
29. She fought to stay alive long enough to meet her great-granddaughter.
30. Excited is an understatement.
31. She’s going to have grandpa wrapped around her little finger.
32. You can see the happiness her in eyes.
33. Admiring her first great-grandchild.
34. A great-great-grandmother embracing the newest family member.
35. They even had matching shirts.
36. “My grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, living to see the greatest treasure at the age of 90. Her first great grandchild, Gili.”
37. Meeting her awesome soldier grandpa for the first time.
38. She just beat cancer and is now holding her 2-hour-old great-granddaughter. It doesn’t get better than that.
39. Locking eyes for an instant connection.
40. Nothing is better than that sweet grandbaby smell.
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