A heartbroken Aussie is making a mercy dash to save his newborn daughter from adoption after his American girlfriend went back to the US and didn’t return.
Daniel Gaut, from Sydney’s north, was on holidays in the United States when he met ‘the love of his life’.
A whirlwind romance began and, within days, his girlfriend Liv moved from Texas to be with him in Australia.
‘She was saying that there’s nothing in Texas for me anymore…all my heart and energy is in Australia,’ Mr Gaut told A Current Affair.
The pair were inseparable and expecting their first child together.
Daniel Gaut, from Sydney ‘s north, was on holidays in the United States when he met who he thought would be ‘the love of his life’
‘I was ready when I was 21,’ Mr Gaut said, about having a child.
‘I knew that it was just in my future and I was just waiting for everything to align.’
Cracks started to show when his homesick girlfriend went back to Texas because she felt like she needed to be closer to her support network.
After what was supposed to be a ‘visit’, Mr Gaut received the devastating news that Liv wasn’t returning and had got back with her ex-partner.
Cracks started to show when his homesick girlfriend went back to Texas because she felt like she needed to be closer to her support network – and never returned
He said hearing this while she was pregnant with their daughter was both shocking and heartbreaking.
Liv then dropped a second bombshell when she told her Aussie ex-lover that she wanted to put their baby girl up for adoption.
Mr Gaut said he told her to stop, saying this is ‘so wrong’ and goes against all his morals.
Now he is on a quest to raise the baby on his own.
‘I will do whatever it takes so I can be the father and shower her with love,’ he said.
Liv agreed to his plan to call their baby girl Ana, which comes from the Sanskrit word Anunta, and bring her back to Australia
Liv agreed to his plan to call their baby girl Ana, which comes from the Sanskrit word Anunta, and bring her back to Australia.
In order for this to happen, he needs to get to the US and organise paperwork in order to bring the child back to Australia.
Strapped for cash, Mr Gaut is relying on community funding to help make his dream a reality.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help him achieve his aim.
He said he’s received some incredible donations from people eager to support him while he navigates the bureaucratic process.
‘I just want to be the best dad that I can possibly be,’ Mr Gaut said.
‘I’m hoping and praying and everyone’s praying that it will be a happy ending.’
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