A judgmental mother-in-law accidentally revealed her own hidden secret after making comments about her granddaughter's "unusual" appearance.
Suspecting infidelity, she pushed her daughter-in-law to conduct a DNA test on her husband and newborn when their child was born with green eyes, a characteristic nobody else in their shared family has.
She made so many comments about it that the new mum ended doing one just to clear her name.
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However, the test results not only confirmed her husband's paternity but also unveiled a shocking truth: her father-in-law is not her husband's biological father, Mirror UK reports.
In a post on Reddit, the new mum said: "I gave birth to my daughter two months ago and despite my husband telling me he knows I'd never cheat on him, I wanted to give our daughter a paternity test.
"The reason - she has green eyes. My husband and I don't have green eyes, my parents don't either and neither do my in-laws - no one in my family has them.
"My husband said it was probably some weird genetic thing but I wanted the test for his peace of mind.
"He kept refusing because he trusts me but his mother keeps commenting on her eyes, as do the rest of his family, who keep making comments about me possibly cheating.
"Even my family find it odd out daughter has green eyes."
Her husband eventually agreed to do the paternity test and as expected, the results came back saying he was the father of their daughter. But after reading the results in more detail, she realised something was very wrong.
She continued: "Our daughter is his but my father-in-law isn't my husband's father.
"My in-laws have been married for decades so the idea that my mother-in-law cheated on my father-in-law never crossed either of our minds.."
Overwhelmed by the revelation, the couple is hesitant to confront the mother-in-law, realising the potential catastrophic consequences it could have on their family.
The post said: "My husband wants to confront his mother but I'm telling him to wait. Yes, she's a liar and a hypocrite but we need to think this through.
"I agree my father-in-law should know but we're both tired from taking care of a newborn, we've found out something shocking and were not thinking rationally.
"He wants to tell his father and so do I but the fall out will be apocalyptic.
"I just wanted to give him peace of mind and instead I started the end of his parents marriage and possibly blew up his family."
Online commenters empathised with the daughter-in-law and criticised the mother-in-law's behavior, noting that her own actions had ultimately exposed her secret.
Commenting on her post, one user said: "Your mother-in-law was projecting so much now her a*** is uncovered."
Another user added: "What gets me is the fact that she pushed for you and her son to do the one thing that would expose her secret.
"All she had to do was keep quiet and no one would’ve been the wiser."
A third user said: "Next time your mother-in-law talks about green eyes, just look her dead in the eyes and say 'Oh, I know how they got green eyes... there are ways of finding these things out'."
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