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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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
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
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
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
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
Today, I found an old disposable camera while cleaning out my parents' attic and got the film developed. Most photos were blurry family photos from 2007, but the last few showed my dad outside a restaurant holding hands with someone who wasn't my mom. I'm now debating if I want to know anything else. FML
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
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
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
Today, I discovered my parents' first Valentine's Day "date" picture. It shows them as 8 year-olds awkwardly smiling for the camera. Mom looked like a super dork with braces and headgear, and Dad looks weirdly like a really pretty girl in boy's clothes. I asked them about it, and now they won't talk to each other. FML
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ARISKomuniszt 24
'Childhood friend', more like 'Childmaking friend'
joeyl1990 28
Wow. Please confront your parents about this and tell us what happened.
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ThatGuy9679 13
He may have been your father but he wasn't your daddy
Lobby_Bee 18
Sucks to find out you're adopted, but your family still loves you.
tonyfan00 38
Here's hoping to God that your "dad" already knows who the real dad is!
DragonMaiden7 15
Your mother’s character may not be something to brag about OP, but here is a little bit of wisdom I can give you; Anyone can have sex and end up making a child. It takes someone who is loyal, responsible, caring, kind, and loving to raise a child and give them a home filled with love and help that child grow into an adult. Think of that ‘Childhood friend’ of your mother’s as nothing more than a sperm donor. While she may have shattered any trust you or her husband had with her, her husband is still YOUR father. He has been there for your birth, through the best times of your life and when you were sick. He was there for you and will be forever. Only a real father does that.
kujiens101 24
I’m pretty sure birthmarks aren’t genetic and you can get green eyes from quite a few eye color combinations. Your man-previously-know-as- “dad” could very well still be your father, but I would ask your mom
ThoughtsofaDame 12
Surprisingly birthmarks can be genetic. Its not common but it is a weird quirk. I know people who inherited them.
maroongrad 13
Very few birthmarks have any inherited components. The more common types are completely random. And since green is recessive to brown, if either of your parents had any eye color other than very pale blue (two blues can make a green, but if they are very pale, it's almost impossible) then the green ones could easily be inherited from your parents. Could she have cheated on your dad? Yep. Is a birthmark or eye color indicative of this? No. Find some other evidence, because this isn't as convincing as you think it is.