When a toddler goes viral, it’s usually because they’re being utterly adorable. This latest little one is no exception. The sweet girl is getting thousands of likes after she sweetly realized that one of her new toys bears a striking resemblance to her beloved grandpa. It’s funny, of course, but it’s also sweet to see the love the adorable toddler has for her grandpa.
Grandparents can show up for our kids in so many ways, and it’s so heartwarming when they have a great relationship.
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The video has over 400,000 views.
Mom Olivia “Liv” Brado, who goes by @blackdahlia_beauty on TikTok, shared a video of her daughter Salem’s new toy on the app.
“My daughter looked at one of her toys and immediately thought it was my dad,” she wrote on the video. She asks Salem who she’s got in her hand, and the toddler immediately replied “Papa.”
“Not @Fisher-Price making my dad into one of the little people!” she captioned the video.
@blackdahlia_beauty Not @Fisher-Price making my dad into one of the little people! 😂 #funnykids #funnyvideos #fypシ #fyyyyp #littlepeople #fisherpricelittlepeople #girlmom #papa #hispanicmom @Drew Barrymore @Kelly Clarkson Show @kellyclarkson @thedrewbarrymoreshow ♬ Monkeyshine-JP – Lt FitzGibbons Men
Salem immediately compared the toy to her Papa.
“We were at my mom’s house and we dumped out the bag of toys and she started picking through them,” the mom told People. “Then I kept hearing her say, ‘Papa, papa.'”
The toy was found in a bag of the ever popular Little People by Fisher-Price. Salem had gotten a bunch from an older cousin who didn’t need them anymore. That one immediately stuck out. Brado told the outlet that Salem and her Papa are very close, and they often visit him at work. She said that when her daughter kept repeating his name, “I thought she just wanted to see him.”
But then she noticed the toy. “My mom looked at it, and said, ‘Does she think it’s your dad?'” Brado explained. “And I took a closer look and sure enough, it looks just like him. My mom and I looked at each other and just started dying laughing.”
Her whole family saw the resemblance.
Brado took the video she shared on TikTok, and sent it to her dad who replied, “LOL.” She then responded saying, “‘But, it’s you.'” and he said, “‘I see that.'” Brado didn’t stop with her dad; she sent the video to her extended family, too. “Every aunt, uncle and cousin was like, ‘Oh that looks just like him,'” she shared.
“The hands, the build, the face shape … it all checks,” she quipped.
People are truly loving the video.
There are over 1,500 comments of people who cannot get over the viral video of Salem and her “Papa.”
“That’s him alright,” one person wrote, to which Brado replied, “Sent him this video like sir…this you?”
“Aww we have her Papa at our house too,” another person wrote.
“You are anybody else can’t convince me that it’s not…..Thats definitely Papa,” someone else commented.
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Brado is trying to keep the magic going.
One commenter wrote: “My home girl did not lie.. and why aren’t we asking fisher price where our money is at?? that’s definitely him lol.” Brado replied: “lol that’s what I’m saying! 😂 @Fisher-Price, we’re waiting!”
Others suggested she stock up on Papa Little People in case the original gets lost. Brado told People she doesn’t “think it’s made anymore. I’ve seen a lot of them on eBay.”
In the meantime, she said she’s trying to convince Papa to make the toy come to life. “I am begging him, ‘Please, can we get you in pair of overalls?'”
