The elderly couple whose reunion went viral have been found

In case you missed it earlier this week, a video popped up on Facebook showing an elderly couple reuniting at an airport went viral.

The user who posted it with the caption “this is true love” was Chris Perry, he shot the video at Los Angeles Internation Airport and decided he had to share it with the world. The video now has 30 million views on Facebook.

This is true love. pic.twitter.com/tgmuw4dxcw

— Chris GQ Perry (@ChrisGQPerry1) September 8, 2015

Inside Edition tracked down the couple at the centre of the heart-warming reunion, as it turns out they an interesting back story.

Carol, 75, has been married to her husband Bernie Mills, 80, for five years. Bernie was waiting for Carol with flowers and chocolates. If you have seen the video, then you know that he was pretty excited about her arrival.

The pair were both married and widowed. They connected online. Using the dating website eHarmony they got in touch and were married in 2010.

The video shows Carol on her return from a two-week visit to the East Coast, where she had been attending a family member’s wedding. Since the couple married this was the longest stretch of time they had spent separated.

"I was just so excited to see her coming through that door. I was like, ’oh boy I’ve got my baby back again’," Bernie explained.

Carol added that they were very surprised that so many people had taken such an interest in their reunion.

"My daughter said the video has gone viral," Carols says. "And I said, ‘What’s viral?’"