Little Boy’s ‘Coco’ Birthday Song For Late Sister Will Tug At Your Heartstrings

A young boy’s touching tribute to his late baby sister is striking a chord around the world.

Stephanie and Samir Deais, from San Antonio, US, filmed four-year-old Alexander singing ‘Remember Me’ from the animated movie ‘Coco’ to a photograph of his sibling Ava Lynn on what would been her first birthday.

“Remember me, though I have to travel far, remember me,” the youngster sings in the clip, as he strums his toy guitar.

Samir Deais shared the tender footage to Twitter on 31 December.

“He’s only four years old and he understands,” Deais wrote. “He didn’t even know he was being recorded. He just wanted to sing to her for her 1st birthday.”

The video had garnered more than 1.3 million views.

Ava Lynn died in May 2017 after being diagnosed with the kidney condition hydronephrosis.

The reaction to Alexander’s tribute was “nothing short of beautiful,” Samir Deais told MySanAntonio.com.

“All this ugly in the world and these kinds of things make it still seem beautiful in the dark times,” he said. “All these blessings for our small family make us very humbled and thankful and blessed.”

Deais later tweeted that the family had been “brought to tears” by the global response to the footage.

“We were FLOORED last night,” he wrote. “I couldn’t be more thankful. Thank you to everyone from our little family.”

Deais also credited the Disney-Pixar movie ‘Coco’, which centres around Mexico’s ‘Day of the Dead’ tradition, and from which the song came, with helping Alexander cope with his sister’s death.

This story was originally published on the US version of HuffPost.

Before You Go

Yes, You CAN Make A Family Walk Fun

Don't say 'who wants to go for a walk?'(01 of08)

Reframe a walk so it's enticing and exciting using words like explore, play, adventure.Who wants to climb a castle or who wants to find some treasure or skim stones? (credit:Alexander Nicholson via Getty Images)

Don't plod in a straight line - and back again.(02 of08)

Choose a wiggly walk and terrain made for adventuring. "It's all about keeping children's minds off putting one foot in front of another," says Clare Lewis. (credit:Stephen Lux via Getty Images)

Always have an appealing destination - and make pit-stops along the way.(03 of08)

It could be a café with their favourite hot chocolate or their 'secret' place like a climbing tree. Make regular stops to admire natural curiosities, make a den, whittle a stick or play in water or whatever you fancy. Encourage your kids to take photos. Clare Lewis's family always take 'scroggin'; a New Zealand name for a hikers' mix of nuts and seeds, dried fruit and chocolate to keep energy levels up. (credit:ArtMarie via Getty Images)

Join forces with another family or get the kids to bring their friends.(04 of08)

Children love the sociability of a walk and bringing friends increases their activity as they challenge each other to jump the highest or widest, splash in puddles, climb trees or find the best stick. (credit:Alistair Berg via Getty Images)

Walk together in a chatty clod, not a single line with you barking 'come on, keep up'(05 of08)

There may be times you have to walk in a line, but take turns with who's the leader. Also, let your children choose the route (within reason!). (credit:Bounce via Getty Images)

Play games as you go.(06 of08)

Hide-and-seek, capture the flag or ambushes - sending kids on ahead so they can jump out on you - are all favourites. Bring a ball or a Frisbee to play with too. (credit:JLPH via Getty Images)

Turn your walk into a treasure hunt. Or an obstacle course.(07 of08)

Children love places to clamber over like a rocky beach or challenges like climbing trees or jumping over streams. Challenge children to touch that tree and run back, hopscotch between the pavement cracks or run along the low wall. "You could go on a shape walk, finding stones, shells and leaves that are all the same shape," suggests Clare Lewis, co-author of Adventure Walks for Families in and Around London. (credit:Imgorthand via Getty Images)

End on a high.(08 of08)

Match a walk to your kids' ages. You don't want want to leave them exhausted. Talk up what fun you had, so next time you suggest an adventure walk they leap at the chance. (credit:ArtMarie via Getty Images)