Gordon Henry and Jo Macfarlane had a son together, but split up in 1993 and started living 135 miles away.
But when her chronic kidney condition flared up and she needed an organ donation, he stepped forward and offered to go under the knife on her behalf.
The pair, who lived together in Reading, first split in 1993 shortly after the birth of their son Jordan.
Ms Macfarlane, 44, had long suffered from kidney disease, and when she was just 19 received a transplanted organ from her sister Amanda.
In 2004 her condition flared up again, so she moved to Sheffield to be nearer to her sister while she spent five years on dialysis waiting for a new kidney - which was eventually provided by Mr Henry, 53.
'It got to the point where I did desperately need a new kidney,' she said. 'My son said he wanted to help - then his father got wind of that and he came forward as a donor.
'He did it after all this distance between us for years. He risked his life to do it for me and Jordan.
'At first, I didn't think he would go through with it, but he went through all the tests and when he was nursing his own mother and having a tough time himself.
The operation took place at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield in 2009 - and when it was all over, the ex-lovers reconciled and got together again.
'It was very strange,' Ms Macfarlane said. 'Everyone was saying he wanted to get back with me, even the nurses at the hospital, and I completely dismissed it.
'I've heard of couples getting back together after years of separation but not this way. We've put everything that happened in the past behind us.'
Mr Henry added: 'Giving Jo a kidney was a chance to repay her for all she's done for our son, she's brought him up all these years.
'One of the strangest things about it was we had been apart for so long, but it definitely felt like the right thing to do.
'I was over the moon I was able to help. I hadn't any intention of us getting back together, that wasn't the reason for doing it, but it is a fantastic ending.'
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