A four-month-old Sri Lankan baby found in the debris left by the tsunami is to travel to America with his parents, reports say.
Abhilasha, known as "Baby 81", was at the centre of a high-profile court custody battle.
He was handed over to his parents after DNA tests confirmed him as the son of Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah.
Reports had said that eight other couples had claimed him although none had made a formal legal one.
Abhilasha will appear with his parents on ABC's Good Morning America show according to reports.
"Abhilasha is taking us to America. This is something I never dreamed in my life"
"This is something I never dreamed of in my life," the boy's father Murugupillai Jeyarajah told the Associated Press.
"I will go and see the country first. Maybe one day I will get a chance to send my child there for education."
The couple will be leaving Sri Lanka for the US on Sunday to appear in the show, the reports said.
Father's concerns
The family lost all their belongings in the tsunami and have been living in a relative's home.
The boy was separated from his parents when the tsunami struck. A neighbour rescued the boy from under a pile of rubbish.
Baby 81 was given his name because he was reported to have been the 81st person admitted to the Kalmunai hospital on 26 December.
Mr Jeyarajah says he feels sad whenever people referred to his son as Baby 81 or the 'tsunami child'.
"This is why I want to send the child away for education, because this name is going to stick and could have a big psychological effect on my son," he said.
He said he had also filed a police complaint over reports that his son had received donations from around the world.
"Elders in the family fear that something might happen to the child because of people seeking to get the money they think we have," Mr Jeyarajah said.
"I have no money and have not been to work since the tsunami. Neither have I received government help, so where do I get the money from."
The tsunami killed more than 200,000 people around the Indian Ocean.
In Sri Lanka, children are believed to make up about 40% of the dead.
The tsunami left about 1,000 orphans in the country, according to data quoted by the UN's children's fund, Unicef.
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