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Widowed after more than six decades, Dwight Moberg and Gina Ceccarelli found love again through a friend who played matchmaker

But first, Menbere Aklilu had to track down Ceccarelli in Italy to thank her for her kindness 40 years earlier

Although Ceccarelli and Moberg lack a common language, the two fell in love and communicate in other ways, including through Google Translate

It’s hard enough to find true love, but to discover it twice in one lifetime?

The notion seemed impossible to widowed octogenarians Dwight Moberg, who lived in Richmond, Calif., and Gina Ceccarelli, of Rome. Both were living solitary lives continents apart — without even a shared language.

But, as the 89-year-old Moberg tells PEOPLE, “In our hearts, we both speak the same language.”

Fate conspired

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