Student takes in pregnant teen cousin

A 23-year-old sprinter training for the Commonwealth Games has become an internet sensation after dropping everything to become a legal guardian to his estranged, pregnant cousin who had been living rough on the streets.

Australian Tommy Connolly had not been in contact with his near illiterate 16-year-old cousin for a decade but became reunited via Facebook where he learned of her hardship.

He discovered the former drug addict was homeless and 32 weeks pregnant. The father of the child is serving a prison sentence. Both her parents were addicted to heroin, she had no clothes, no food and no shelter.