Little Girl Dancing Behind NBC Reporter: 2 Families Say Video Star Is Their Daughter

2 Families Now Say Their Daughter Danced In Viral News Video

Updated story by Tanveer Ali and Quinn Ford , via DNAinfo Chicago:

WOODLAWN — There's a new twist to the "Dancing Girl" viral video story, with more than one family insisting it's their daughter dancing in the background of a live-on-the-street NBC Chicago news report.

DNAinfo.com Chicago reported that Janiyah Rush, 7, was the girl seen dancing behind Mary Ann Ahern during the reporter's live report last month outside Sexton Elementary School, 6020 S. Langley Ave.

But now another family says it's their daughter — Akira Gordon, 5 — with the moves that brought smiles to faces across the country after the video went viral.

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