By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:46 EST, 2 July 2012 | UPDATED: 07:51 EST, 2 July 2012 A British father has been offered the chance of a life-saving kidney from a distant cousin in America - after he wrote about his plight on Facebook. Andy Williamson, 44, has polycystic kidney disease and has been undergoing dialysis every day for the last year as he waits for a new donor organ. He began documenting his illness on the popular social networking site and was stunned when he received a message from a distant cousin who lives in America. Amazing offer: John Williamson (left) has come forward as a potential kidney donor for his distant cousin Andy, pictured with his daughter Dora aged 2 and his wife Suzy
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Andy had only seen his American cousin twice before John offered to donate his kidney as a living donor
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John said: 'In the grand scheme of things it doesn't feel like a sacrifice'
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