“We thought there were 4 of us kids.
Actually there are 13.”
Our father is unfortunately passed, but were meeting in person in April.
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A couple weeks after we found each other we were also contacted by another half-sister.
2.My brother got our whole family 23andme kits for Christmas last year.
23andme sent me a new kit to do it again and THAT one also came back inconclusive.
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Anyway now my family says I dont have any human DNA and that I must be a lizard.
They make lizard sounds when Im around and I am ashamed.
4.Not me, but one of my bar regulars did the test with her older sister.
Turns out not only are they not related to each other, but both of them are adopted.
And, their adoptive parents are both dead.
And, their entire extended family knew the whole time but no one ever told them.
3 tests submitted and a flight provided to a university in Australia for a testing.
Was cool at first, an then not.
It bothered my wife a bit at first thanks to watching a couple documentaries.
6.In September I found my birth mother.
We had a great time and we all clicked immediately.
Then the 23 and me test came back that I took right before finding her came back.
I found my uncle.
Originally I thought it was her brother but it wast it was my birth fathers brother.
But my birth father wasnt the man I met.
My brother and I were only half siblings.
Which there is still some tension between us for.
My birth mother went ballistic for me finding out.
It came out she knew all along I wasnt the birth fathers kid.
Everyone stopped talking to her and was pissed.
Except for my actual birth fathers wife.
Turns out they were friends from high school.
Through all this stress I dont really know if I want my birth father in my life.
7.When my birth mom was pregnant with me she was too ashamed to admit who my father was.
(They were 10 years older than her and already had a kid.)
Everyone was pretty pissed when we found out my dad was my birth dad.
His mom had cheated on her husband.
He joked around so much that when he told our class, I thought he was joking.
10.Not destroyed but my 75 year old grandmother just found out her dad was not her real dad.
Turns out her mom had an affair with the family doctor and never told a single soul.
My great grandmother was quite the secret keeper.
At least three as it turned out.
12.Spouse found out his dad wasnt his dad.
His judgmental holier than thou catholic mom had some explaining to do.
She is still in contact with the married man she had an affair with over 4 decades ago.
He refuses to speak to him and has limited contact with her.
Luckily most of us didnt have the gene my grandpa had, but my uncles have it.
So while my immediate family knows weve got average chances, my poor uncles are probably dreading the future.
A French lady messaged my mom and said she thought they shared a father.
Very believable because Papa was a proven whore.
Sure enough she did a 23 and me and sure enough papa is a great big slut.
15.Its not something that has happened but its a fear I have.
16.My Aunt is 60+ years old now.
When she was 18, she claimed she was raped by her Uncle, and he got her pregnant.
No one believed her, she became a heroine addict, lost contact.
Shes my moms half sister.
So she has absolutely no blood relation to my Moms Moms (Grandmas) side of the family.
Turns out shes related to my Grandma, who also took a DNA test.
To cut through the confusion.
It confirms my Aunt was in fact telling the truth, and no one believed her.
I never had contact with her, so I am not really effected.
But thats messed up.
One of the non-biological children was my dad.
He cut ties with everyone since hes no longer got any obligation to talk to anyone.
Now I have a bio dad, a brother, and a sister.
They are all really nice and we are all trying to forge a new relationship.
19.Not destroyed, but we did find out that two family members have been sperm donors.
One has 40+ children, is unmarried, and likely lost his last serious relationship after she found out.
The other only has one donor kid that we know of, but hes married and has a family.
Wife was not happy, but the donation was over 30 years ago.
20.We thought there were 4 of us kids.
Actually there are 13.
Many are same age or younger or older than us so: cheating.
He even had a daughter who is OLDER THAN MY MOM.
We are the same people.
