Oklahoma family's photo features 'Ghost Dad'

An Oklahoma mother found an inventive way to include her baby’s father in a family portrait and the result has gone viral after the photographer posted the results on Facebook.

Sierra Sharry booked Kayli Rene Photography to take the picture of herself with her six-month old baby, Taos. Sharry asked photographer Kayli Henley if she would be interested in playing around with the photo to edit in a picture of the baby’s father, Lane Smith.

It turns out that Smith had died in July 2014 from an ATV accident. Sharry was eight months pregnant at the time.

“My heart just dropped. I mean, it was just an amazing thing to see,” Sharry told News9 of the final product. The picture shows her holding a smiling Taos, with an image of Smith looking over her shoulder. The picture of Smith came from the couple’s pregnancy announcement.

Sharry said she came up with the idea just days before the picture was taken and Henley was thinking of the same thing.

“She didn't tell me that she was going to do it,” Sharry told News9. “Like she just did all of our pictures and then whenever she sent me all of the pictures that one was in there and I was just like, ‘It's amazing.’”

Henley shared the photo on Facebook on Wednesday. Since then, it has gained over 200,000 likes, along with 26,000 shares.

image via Facebook from Kayli Rene' Photography