This is the adorable moment an elderly woman surprised her siblings by travelling over 1,000 miles across Canada for a wholesome reunion.<br /><br />Ethel Zaporosky from Winnipeg, Manitoba travelled to Montreal, Quebec to see four of her siblings - one of whom had just come out of the hospital the day before.<br /><br />The video posted online shows Ethel, 82, lovingly sneak up on sisters Barbara, 84, and Dorren, 82, and then seeing brother Ted, 72.<br /><br />First, she greets sister Barbara who had recently left the hospital and was reduced to tears when Ethel says "I came to cheer you up!"<br /><br />Doreen then enters the room in full conversation with Barbara and as soon as she realises Ethel's made an appearance, for a moment she's too stunned to speak.<br /><br />Finally, young brother Ted is seen being welcomed into the group as Ethel is heard saying "Hi baby brother!"<br /><br />The heartwarming reunion was captured by Joanne Padvaiskas, 57, the daughter of Doreen.<br /><br />Joanne, an interior designer, said: "Ethel decided to book a last-minute trip from Winnipeg to Montreal to come to see her sister and stay with her for a couple of weeks to help her recuperate.<br /><br />"By coincidence, Ted was also coming to town from Vancouver, as he usually comes in every 12-18 months to visit his daughter, Emilie.<br /><br />"So we - me, my sister Lisa, and Ted’s daughter, Emilie - decided to arrange for the surprise and get them all together.<br /><br />"Ethel arrived September 2, the day I took the Barbara video, Teddy arrived September 16, and the reunion of all four happened on September 17.<br /><br />"She was last in Montreal in March 2020, right at the start of the pandemic.<br /><br />"She only saw Doreen and Barbara at that time, she lives in Manitoba, so the siblings don’t see each other often."<br /><br />Ethel was in Winnipeg for the duration of the pandemic and wasn't able to see her siblings.<br /><br />Joanne spoke about the emotions of the day: "We were all so grateful that these siblings could be together at the same time after so many [21] years.<br /><br />"Teddy hadn’t seen Ethel in about ten years.<br /><br />"He had seen Barbara and Doreen, as Ted comes to Montreal every year or two, and Ethel has seen Barbara and Doreen - Barbara and Doreen both live in Montreal, and the three sisters have had a few opportunities to get together.<br /><br />"But all four of them hadn’t seen each other, and been together at the same time, in 21 years.<br /><br />"There is one other surviving sibling, Philip, who lives in Victoria, BC, and we are hoping to get another reunion planned!<br /><br />"The five siblings haven’t been in the same room all together since their mum died in 1997."<br /><br />"For me, the standout moment was the sheer joy these siblings express when they get together.<br /><br />"They were eight siblings originally, and only five are left.<br /><br />"That group hug choked us all up. You could feel the love."
