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(Photo courtesy of Katie Posten/Twitter)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- When a New Albany woman walked out to her car Saturday morning, she found a picture stuck to her window.

The black and white photo reads "Gertie Swatzell and JD Swatzell 1942" on the back.

Hoping to find its owner, Katie Posten tweeted the photo, which garnered thousands of retweets.Ā 

"Undoubtedly from a home that was struck by the tornado that ripped through Kentucky last night," Posten wrote in the tweet.Ā 

Turns out, she was right. The picture belongs to the Swatzell family in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, which is 167 miles away from New Albany.

ā€œA lot of people shared it on Facebook. Someone came across it who is friends with a man with the same last name, and they tagged him,ā€ Posten said.

Posten said she has been connected with a family member and plans to return the photo to them this week.Ā 

ā€œItā€™s really remarkable, definitely one of those things, given all that has happened, that makes you consider how valuable things are ā€” memories, family heirlooms, and those kinds of things,ā€ Posten said. ā€œIt shows you the power of social media for good. It was encouraging that immediately there were tons of replies from people, looking up ancestry records, and saying ā€˜I know someone who knows someone and Iā€™d like to help.ā€™ā€

Other Kentuckians have also reported finding photos at their home after the monstrous tornado swept through Kentucky.Ā 

WDRB Chief Meteorologist Marc Weinberg posted a photo a viewer in Prospect found at his Prospect home. That man, and thousands of others who have photos and other items, are hoping to find the owners. A Facebook group has been formed to connect owners with their belongings.Ā 

"It is very possible this is debris fallout from the huge tornado to our west overnight," Weinberg said.Ā 

Copyright 2021 WDRB Media. All Rights Reserved.Ā The Associated Press contributed to this report.