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Man Shares How He Discovered That His Daddy Is Not His Father And People Online Offered Their Suggestions

by Maryjane

The world is a beautiful place to be, but it can also be a mystery waiting to be solved. When you’ve built your whole world around your family, there’s nothing that could go wrong, but all of a sudden, DNA comes knocking.

So many marriages have been broken due to a simple DNA test. So many relationships have been smeared because of a DNA test.

And this makes one realize that if you go looking for something, you’ll surely find it, literally. A Redditor named u/jakobpinders has taken to the TIFU subreddit page to lay down his stories, and as you can already tell, it’s all about the results of a DNA test.

According to the story, the OP and his brother took a DNA test for fun, but it was discovered that they were half-siblings. The OP confronted the mom, and it was revealed that his father "was a drifter and an alcoholic who was raised in the foster system and who never knew his real family."

The mother added that his father never wanted him and he was a "deeply lost person but also an extremely intelligent individual, but the foster system left him broken." The thing is, the OP’s father is already dead, and the only thing he has is a... Pause!

Read the full story in the OP’s own words below.

Took a DNA test with my brother...

Took a DNA test with my brother...u/jakobpinders

Taking DNA tests for fun around Christmas time

Taking DNA tests for fun around Christmas timeu/jakobpinders

I confronted my mum

I confronted my mumu/jakobpinders

My real father was an alcoholic

My real father was an alcoholicu/jakobpinders

He died years ago from liver damage

He died years ago from liver damageu/jakobpinders

I know who my real father is

I know who my real father isu/jakobpinders

To wrap everything up...

To wrap everything up...u/jakobpinders

The post got over 850 comments and over 14K upvotes. Below are what people had to say!

1. Felt like my world was shape shifted

1. Felt like my world was shape shiftedu/Dry-Detective3852

2. Identifying the body of someone you didn't know

2. Identifying the body of someone you didn't knowu/Beautiful-Concern144

3. Though he's not your biological dad, he's your real father

3. Though he's not your biological dad, he's your real fatheru/princess_nyaaa

4. Go give your dad a real hug

4. Go give your dad a real hugu/bmsh948549

5. Some people don't deserve the title DAD

5. Some people don't deserve the title DADu/shainadawn

6. He might have been your father, but not your daddy

6. He might have been your father, but not your daddyu/commandrix

7. You need to put together all that you know

7. You need to put together all that you knowu/Ecfective_Corner694

8. Very true...

8. Very true...u/igraywolf

9. You could have loads of siblings you don't even know

9. You could have loads of siblings you don't even knowu/AllanfromWales1

10. There are people who work tirelessly to reconnect people back to their genetic families

10. There are people who work tirelessly to reconnect people back to their genetic familiesu/Minijcwdriver

11. This is great

11. This is greatu/ComfortableWish

12. It feels like that decision was stolen from me...

12. It feels like that decision was stolen from me...u/virgilreality

13. He's not your real dad...

13. He's not your real dad...u/demon_ix

14. It cannot be changed and it changes nothing

14. It cannot be changed and it changes nothingu/PiddlyD

15. Your father is the one who raised you

15. Your father is the one who raised youu/cofclabman

16. This is another angle to note

16. This is another angle to noteu/kiasyd_childe

17. That you did the deed doesn't make you the father

17. That you did the deed doesn't make you the fatheru/luther2399

18. And I so agree with you

18. And I so agree with youu/lablaga

19. He's your father maybe, but he's not your daddy

19. He's your father maybe, but he's not your daddyu/TeysaMortify

20. Learn more for yourself somehow

20. Learn more for yourself somehowu/achilles5788

21. I couldn't have said it any better

21. I couldn't have said it any betteru/ukexpat

22. Always was your father and always will be

22. Always was your father and always will beu/another_nosbiht

23. Do not sweat it at all

23. Do not sweat it at allu/Nic4379

24. A relevant way to see things

24. A relevant way to see thingsu/twohedwlf

25. And it is as clear as day

25. And it is as clear as dayu/id_death

So many people have been left broken due to the results of a DNA test. You can imagine waking up only to find out that the family you’ve known all your life is not your biological family.

Damn! It can be a hard pill to swallow because, from that moment, you start pinpointing things that make you different from them. But then, it is what it is! 

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