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Journalist James Longman came upon the discovery of his own grandfather's photo album that was apparently found in the National Library of New Zealand. He was covering Harry and Meghan's visit to the country at the time when he came across this news. It wasn't long before this that Longman actually shared a personal post about his grandparents and how they met. According to the post, Harold Claridge was posted to Egypt during World War II, where he met Gabriella Sawaya. She was from a Lebanese family living in Egypt at the time. He spoke English, she spoke none. But they tried their best to communicate, even through letters, when he was called to Alamein. They ended up marrying, having Longman's mother, and fleeing to the UK after the war settled. The rest is truly history. https://twitter.com/JamesAALongman/status/1056730905283162112 Now, here's where the story gets interesting. Someone commented on that exact post, asking Longman if those were his blood-related grandparents. The man, named Mark Cousins, then went onto tell Longman that his grandfather's personal photo collection was located at the National Library of New Zealand. Twitter Longman had a chance to meet up with Cousins, whose grandfather's name was Clarence, and was apparently the orderly of Longman's grandfather. Clarence died in the war but spoke very highly of Longman's grandfather apparently. All of these happy coincidences sparked an investigation from Cousins. It had been nearly 80 years since Clarence died and nearly 16 years since Longman's grandfather died. Well, apparently Cousins was in touch with Longman's grandfather well before the grandsons even met! The two apparently exchanged letters, one dating back fairly recently to 1994. Twitter Then, the uncovering of the photos began. Read on to the NEXT page to see all of the photos uncovered at the National Library of New Zealand... Twitter An incredible photo detailing Major Harold Claridge's deployment in World War II. Twitter A later photo detailing Claridge and Sawaya already married and with their first child, Longman's mother. Twitter A photo detailing Claridge and Sawaya together, year unknown. Twitter The photo above was a picture that Sawaya gave to Claridge as he was called to Alamein. The back of the photo said, "Don't forget me," dating back to 1940. Twitter It's unknown as to how this photo album ended up in the National Library of New Zealand, but it was undoubtedly an emotional discovery for Longman as the photos took him back through time, seeing pictures of his young grandparents and mother together. https://twitter.com/JamesAALongman/status/1056733475603079168 Be sure to SHARE this article if you loved this heartwarming discovery story!