and saw his godmother.

Rainer Jungert was still in his mother's womb when his godmother Annelies Scheland left Germany.

But after 46 years of never setting eyes on each other they were reunited in Bermuda.

"When we saw each other at the airport it was as if we had known each other all our lives. We burst into tears, it was so emotional,'' said Mrs. Scheland.

She was asked to be Mr. Jungert's godmother when he was still in his mother's womb, but she left Germany in 1950 before he was born.

Although Mrs. Scheland kept in touch with the family through letters she had never seen her godson, or his wife Gabi, until now.

Living in Dresden, behind the wall that separated East and West Germany, godmother and godson were never able to meet face to face.

That wall is now rubble and Germany reunified with the collapse of Communism in the former Eastern Bloc.

"They lived in East Germany so it was impossible for us to see each other.

Now it is their 25th wedding anniversary so they decided to come out.

"I used to go back to Germany every year, but I have not been back for 11 years. Also my late husband did not think it was safe to go to Dresden. Now it is all open I plan to go,'' added Mrs. Scheland.

"I was so excited when they said they were coming. We had pictures of each other, but it was Rainer and his wife who saw me first at the airport,'' said Mrs. Scheland, who lives in Smith's.

"We will keep in touch now, it is like I have found a new family,'' she said.

Mr. and Mrs. Jungert, who went to New York to see Mrs. Scheland's brother before flying to the Island, plan to stay in Bermuda for another week.

"My mother kept in touch with Annelies through letters, so we knew what was happening in Bermuda. We will certainly keep seeing each other now,'' said Mr.

Jungert.