A DNA test can uncover family secrets that were meant to stay hidden.
Unfortunately or fortunately, this happened with a woman recently, after her boyfriend's innocent Christmas present led her to unravelling secrets of her own life.
The boyfriend shared the bizarre and filmy story on Reddit, and wrote that he had got a '23 and Me' test kit for his girlfriend on Christmas.
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For those who don't know, 23 and me is an ancestry test that can reveal information about a person's family tree. Although the results may or may not be so accurate, the tests have been taken by millions of people in the world.
The test determined the woman's (the man's girlfriend)?father was not her mother's husband but someone else.
He wrote that her parents initially thought it was a 'great gift'. Unfortunately, the results of the test most definitely changed that opinion.
'When she finally got the results she was looking through the health section first. Everything looked good. Then she gets to the family section. Grandma - check, grandpa - check, mom - check, half-sister - che.... wait what?!' the man wrote on Reddit.
'She looks up the half the sister, and she does not recognize her but recognizes a few people in her circle. She looks up her father and gets his name. (She's from a real small town) confused she calls up her mom and puts her on speaker in our room', the post added.
The post said that there was a moment when the woman asked her mom, "Do you know John Smith?"
'The phone became dead silent. In an extremely serious tone her mom responds "what about him?"'.
'My girlfriend then explains that she's on '23 and Me' and for some reason, it's saying she has a half sister and John is her father. There was what felt like five minutes of complete silence', the post explained.
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According to the post, the woman's mom broke her silence and said 'have you said anything to your father?'
'She's kept this secret for 30 years. She told my girlfriend to keep this secret. My girlfriend doesn't know what to do now and I'm just sitting here shaking my head at the audacity of her mom', read the post.