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A video of the bond between two Wantagh brothers with a 20-year age gap has gone viral on TikTok.

Rome is just 2 years old but was very vocal about telling his big brother Brendyn just how much he loves him as he headed back to college.

The video shows Rome telling Brendyn "I love you" multiple times before he leaves the house.

Their mother, Marilyn Martinez, tells News 12 that the best part is reading the comments and having people all over the world reaching out to let them know how much they needed to see that interaction.

"In the ugly times that we're having right now, it's just good to see pure love because everyone needs to hear I love you," Martinez says.

The video has been viewed 8.1 million times and has 2 million likes.

Rome is just 2 years old but was very vocal about telling his big brother Brendyn just how much he loves him as he headed back to college

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Look here a picture of a CS wave. Wow, that's amazing. And we're told you never had a lesson. That's see, that's in the winter with the, the wet suit and the bed and everything. I used to live in Long Beach. So I would go out all the time. But I mean, that was like years ago and probably at your level. Um, I'm at a very low level. Yeah, it's surfing on Long Island all year round. It's so much fun and there's going to be waves next week. We've got great weather, sunshine, offshore, storm some waves. So, I mean, it's been kind of quiet. So I think our surfers will be looking forward to that and we're looking forward to the east end to see your skills. So, a good weekend coming up finally, sunny and seasonable this weekend next week it will be nice and dry. We have some warmer temperatures coming in forties will be very nice. It still feels kind of cold like winter, but it's pleasant. Our next chance for rain is maybe next weekend. Nothing too organized right now. I think as we get closer to Valentine's Day, there could be a storm around. I feel like we always have a storm around Valentine's Day. So we'll see right now. North winds about 5 to 15 MPH, bringing in the drier air and some chilly air on Saturday. But it's going to be a beauty. Lots of sunshine for you on the north shore. Rocky point. Locust dry 41 degrees at last. You have that beautiful sky with sunshine. It's just going to be nice and bright through the day. Saturday morning, we're in the low thirties getting up to about 40 in the afternoon. 39 Miller Place, 38 in Hampton Bays at three o'clock at night. Just a few, um, fair weather clouds around sunny start to Sunday.

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'I love you.' Viral video shows close bond between Wantagh brothers