This daughter gave her stepfather the ultimate birthday gift

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Brian Koerber
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This daughter gave her stepfather the ultimate birthday gift
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Dads are notoriously hard to buy presents for, but sometimes kids can go above and beyond the expectations for gift giving.

Gabriella Lynde from Port Richey, Florida, gave her stepfather the ultimate gift for his birthday: adoption papers.

Like any true dad, he starts opening the gift by torturing everyone around him. He slowly rips away the tissue paper, and checks in between each sheet to see if there are any hidden presents. But as soon as he picks up the adoption papers, his joking manner quickly turns emotional.

"Am I adopting you?" he asks Gabriella.

"I want you to, you don't have to. You can say no, but I want you to adopt me. You've been my dad and those legal papers don't change anything," Gabrielle responds.

The two then embrace and a river of happy tears flood the room.

Although Gabriella is above the age of 18, people can still opt to be adopted under Florida law.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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