Love and Kids: Today, as I was perusing old photos with my mother, I found one...

By Anonymous - 18/03/2018 15:00

Today, as I was perusing old photos with my mother, I found one of her with a "childhood friend" at her wedding to my dad. Now I know where my green eyes and blotchy neck birthmark came from, and it's not from the man I’ve been calling "dad" for 40 years. FML

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By usmcgirl - 18/11/2009 03:18 - United States

Today, I realized why my 50 year old Dad's 30 something girlfriend looked so familiar. She is in all my parents wedding photos... as the flower girl. FML

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By krt - 03/10/2010 23:29 - United States

Today, my dad found the ugliest picture my mom has ever taken. I show it to her laughing. She said it looks like me. I looked again and it kind of does. FML

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You happened

By Anonymous - 10/09/2009 09:13 - New Zealand

Today, my 11-year-old son and I were going through some old photos. He saw one of me when I was 22 on a beach, wearing a bikini. He said "Wow! Who's that?" Quite proudly I said it was me. He looked at me and said "What happened?" FML

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By anonymous - 15/10/2017 01:30

Today, my dad's face flushed when I introduced him to my new boyfriend. I live in a small town, and it turns out my dad recognized him. He's the secret child from an affair two decades ago. He's my half-brother. FML

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Booze-fuelled family drama

By Anonymous - 08/02/2022 11:59

Today, I found out that the man I called grandpa for 40 years is really my dad. My drunk aunt spilled the beans. Her exact words were, "My dad is a better dad to you than he EVER was to me! You never wondered why he treated you better than his other grandchildren? You're his son!" FML

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By Almostlovedchild - 20/01/2017 18:00

Today, my father made a post on Facebook with an old baby picture, saying how proud he was that I got into college. This would have been sweet if the baby picture was actually of me. FML

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Family extension

By now what - 26/07/2020 05:01

Today, I ran into a friend that I hadn't seen in about 5 years. She had her 4-year-old son with her. I couldn’t help but notice her son looked almost identical to mine. He even had a very distinct facial feature that my husband has as well. What are the odds all three of them have the same defect? FML

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Paternity test before the rest

By Anonymous - 26/01/2021 23:01 - United States

Today, after always laughing when my mom told me to avoid dating any guy with green eyes and thinking it was some weird prejudice, she told me the truth. My father cheated and had at least six other kids. They all have green eyes and look alike. FML

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By meunluckycharms - 14/09/2015 19:54 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I brought a boy home for the first time, only to have my dad ask him what his mother's maiden name was. When he answered, my dad exclaimed, "Oh yeah! I think I dated her in high school. I could be your father!" FML

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By Kelly - 26/05/2019 20:30

Today, my mom dropped me off at a friend's house. Upon leaving, my friend's mom said how much I looked like my mother. My mother then replied, "That's funny, she was adopted." This was the first I'd heard of this. FML

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ARISKomuniszt 24

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:19

'Childhood friend', more like 'Childmaking friend'

joeyl1990 28

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:09

Wow. Please confront your parents about this and tell us what happened.

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joeyl1990 28

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:09

Wow. Please confront your parents about this and tell us what happened.

NostalgiaFreak9 41

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:10

I'm sorry you had to find out that way.

ARISKomuniszt 24

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:19

'Childhood friend', more like 'Childmaking friend'

Mechakitty 13

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:21

well if the similarities are that noticeable, it's obvious that your step father loves you as his own.

novdestiny 23

Monday 19 March 2018 0:14

that's a really sweet response. thank you for brightening this teasers day :-)

Alchemist_21 26

Monday 19 March 2018 17:38

Maybe there wasn't even an affair. Maybe OP's dad couldn't have kids of his own so he and his wife asked the wife's friend to be a sperm donor.

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:24

You ought to hit up the “childhood friend” for back child support. Maybe you can get that neck blotch fixed!

wanted_2_want 40

Sunday 18 March 2018 15:25

When you speak to your mom's 'friend' ask "Are you my daddy" (in the voice of Nemo) He may answer in return: "Look, I'm your father".

maikeru1979 23

Sunday 18 March 2018 16:06

Sosorry OP. My older sister is going through this exact thing right now. she turned 41 last year and decided to do the Ancestry DNA test. learning that "our father" is actually just MY father. Our mom has been confronted with the dna testing results for 5 family members and she still refuses to admit what she did.(Good news is we did find my sisters biological father)

jbuckets_404 38

Sunday 18 March 2018 16:54

maikeru1979 , so all said FIVE family members have a different biological father then presumed heretofore?

pjsr 32

Sunday 18 March 2018 21:34

Your sister has a neck blotch too? Tell her FYL from us.

maikeru1979 23

Monday 19 March 2018 1:47

I know i wasn't really descriptive in my first post. the 5 family members were Me, My sister, niece(sister's daughter), and 2 cousins from Father's side of family. So yes technically we do all have different fathers. my sister, her daughter, and me share my mothers family but my sister and her daughter had no DNA in common with any member of my fathers side of the family..