A man's life is in tatters after discovering he married his 'secret' half-sister - only learning the truth about his family after his mum passed away. He explained how his mum fell pregnant with him after spending the night with a "tall son of a b****", who she never heard from or spoke to again.
Despite growing up without a father figure in his life, he says he had a "nice" childhood, with his mum able to provide him with everything he could ever want. Taking to Reddit, the 29-year-old said: "My mother had an at-home birth and out popped her only child, me. When filling out all work she refused to give any information on my father so according to the government, I don't have a dad.
"Life growing up wasn't hard as my mum was a doctor so financially we were stable - and my grandma would take care of me and it was overall nice.
"However, my mum refused to ever talk about my dad. All I knew is he was 'a tall son of a b****'."
He went on to explain how he met the "girl of his dreams" when he popped into a coffee shop one day for a quick drink.
Wanting to get to know her on a deeper level, he started visiting the coffee shop on a regular basis so he could speak to her while she cleaned tables.
"She was 19 I was 24 but age didn't matter to us," he added. "[She had] long black hair, a lovely face and an amazing body.
"She was the sweetest thing and seemed to understand me.
"Soon enough, I asked for her number. Things went up from there - we started dating, I got close with her family she got close to mine, and a year ago I proposed to her at the coffee shop we met at. To my joy she said yes."
But when planning their wedding, he was hit with devastating news about his mum's health.
"My mum got cancer and was put in a hospital. In December 2018, we got married and skyped call the whole thing for my mum. In January 2019, my wonderful mother passed away," he said.
"My wonderful now wife was amazing throughout this all. We held the funeral and she kept me going."
But this is when his "life took a turn" as when clearing out his mum's attic, he came across a photo album from his mum's college years.
He said: "I flipped through it and noticed something, a guy commonly with my mum was my wife's dad.
"Shocked and stunned, I approached my wife with it and she said we should talk to her dad about it.
"We go to him and he tells us about how he dated a girl in college, got her pregnant, couldn't handle it and disappeared to a different part of town.
"We explain to him how that's my mother and that's where this story leaves off."
After overcoming their initial panic, the couple decided to stay together despite knowing they 'share DNA' - but the idea of having children is now up in the air.
He added: "I'm grossed out but my wife and I talked about it. We're going to try and stay together and never talk about this again.
"Right now, we aren't planning on having kids. We'll cross that bridge when we get there."
While most users shared their shock over his situation, others urged the couple to take DNA tests, saying a 'photo album doesn't necessarily prove anything'.
One user said: "First off, get a paternity test on yourself and him. Make sure he's your father... he might not be. Then, once you actually have hard facts, you can go from there."
Another user added: "There is a phenomenon that happens when siblings, that don't grow up together, end up being really attracted to one another when they meet up later in life."
A third user said: "Every time I hear these stories it makes me internally scream. It's so unfortunate, sorry. Glad you two have decided to stay together, most don't, to my dismay."
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