Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has finally met his estranged father after 42 years of separation.

Philander Rodman, Jr, who has acknowledged fathering 29 children by 16 mothers, attended his son’s exhibition game in the Philippines last week. He said he was happy and surprised that his son agreed to meet him late Wednesday.

He tried to meet the basketball ‘Hall of Famer’ during another game in Manila in 2006. “It was great,” he said of the first time he held his son’s hands since they last met in December 1969. “I’ve been trying to meet him for years.

During a break, with se-conds left to the end of the game, Dennis Rodman grabbed a microphone, acknowledged his father’s presence and pointed to him in the arena. The crowd applauded as the elder Rodman stood up wearing a red baseball cap that said “Yes, Dennis Rodman is my son.”