A young woman has shared a jaw-dropping tale of family secrets, which led to her being told that she and her boyfriend are second cousins. But a further bombshell at the party cast doubts about the couple's biological links - because the teen's parentage was called into question.
The unnamed 19-year-old took to Reddit to discuss the mind-boggling revelations about her father and his side of her family. She had been dating her boyfriend for the last two years and things had been "going great".
However, at a recent family reunion, her boyfriend's mother became upset after seeing a photo of the young woman's grandmother, from her father's side of the family, reports the Mirror. The older woman had to leave the room after "freaking out".
When she came back, she had pictures of her own mother standing next to the 91-year-old's grandmother, and quickly realised that the two women were sisters. The post explained: "Apparently, my great-grandfather had an affair, where he had my boyfriend's grandmother, and since my grandma was the oldest, she knew about it, apparently, they were raised separately but were still related.
"My grandma and her dad kept this a secret from the rest of the family (at least that is why we think no one else knew). So, the math started, our grandmas were sisters, which makes my dad and his mom direct cousins and me, and my boyfriend would be second cousins."
The revelation rocked almost everyone at the family gathering - apart from the woman's parents. And soon, further secrets were revealed. She said: "Obviously, my boyfriend and I started to cry, I started to have a panic attack and my MIL was still in what looked like shock. But my parents seemed SO calm. Eventually, my dad snapped."
Her dad then confessed he wasn't actually her biological father, which caused her even more upset, having gone into a relationship with her mother when she was already pregnant.
She expliained: "Their story was, that my mom and dad dated in college, then broke up, then a few years later they reunited, my mom was 5 months pregnant when they decided to give it a try, with him promising her to give me his last name and care for me (which he's done a damn great job at), he was the one to sign my certificate, making me unrelated by blood to him, therefore unrelated by blood to my boyfriend.
"But my mom didn't want people to know that I wasn't really his, so she made him keep the secret for 19 years. I really hope it's all true since I have no proof that it is, but it seemed pretty legit since I have never seen pictures of them from before my mom got pregnant, only after. This is driving me crazy and I just needed somewhere to vent."
The post has since gone viral and has also made it onto TikTok where it was read out on the Two Hot Takes Podcast, with more than 2million views and thousands of comments.
One person said: "She went from thinking her boyfriend was her cousin, to finding out that her father wasn't biologically her dad. Emotional rollercoaster."
Another replied: "Wow this was full of twists and turns." A third added: "Blood doesn't make a parent. The man loved and raised you as his. He's your Dad."
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