Story highlights Boy's father says they're delighted each time they see each other

Hannah and Dawson were inseparable in a Chinese orphanage

(CNN) A little boy and a little girl who grew up together in a Chinese orphanage shared a tear-jerking reunion an ocean away from where their friendship began.

Four-year-old Hannah was adopted from China by the Sykes family in north Texas.

As the Sykes were going over Hannah's adoption materials, they noticed that in nearly every picture, Hannah was holding hands or playing with the same little boy.

Sharon Sykes, Hannah's mom, learned that he was her best friend. The two shared a weekend foster mother and even called each other brother and sister.

The Sykes were determined to find the little boy his own home, and after posting about him on Facebook, a couple from the same area, the Clarys, decided to make him part of their family. They named him Dawson.

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