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Strangers meet newborn baby at hospital after a texting mix-up

After a stranger was looped in on a group text about the birth of a newborn, the kindhearted man brought a gift to the hospital for the little bub.

There’s always a slightly awkward moment when you text the wrong number, but both parties usually ignore it and forget it happened.

Well, not for these people involved, at least.

A family set up a group text chain when a relative had gone into labour but accidently included the number of a random stranger.

The first message said: “We are at the hospital. Having a baby today!”

The stranger realised he’d been looped in on the chain and said: “Congrats lol but I think someone got the wrong number.”

But it didn’t stop there.

The man and the family exchanged a few more messages and in an act of random kindness, he turned up to the hospital to give the newborn a gift!

The family were so blown away by the sweet gesture they shared the story on Facebook.

It read: “I accidentally text a message about Mark and Lindsey having a baby to a number I had in my phone for someone else which now belongs to Mr. Dennis Williams and he and his brother came by to visit us and brought the baby a gift!”

“What a blessing these two guys were to our family. … If we all only had this kind of heart.”

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