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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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joeyl1990 28
Wow. Please confront your parents about this and tell us what happened.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
I'm sorry you had to find out that way.
ARISKomuniszt 24
'Childhood friend', more like 'Childmaking friend'
Mechakitty 13
well if the similarities are that noticeable, it's obvious that your step father loves you as his own.
novdestiny 23
that's a really sweet response. thank you for brightening this teasers day :-)
Alchemist_21 26
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 32
You ought to hit up the “childhood friend” for back child support. Maybe you can get that neck blotch fixed!
wanted_2_want 40
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
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 39
maikeru1979 , so all said FIVE family members have a different biological father then presumed heretofore?
pjsr 33
Your sister has a neck blotch too? Tell her FYL from us.
maikeru1979 23
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..
Jonathan Curtis Atkins 9
A 'Dad' is more than a sperm provider. Thank your Dad of 40 years for being your Dad. Some kids never have one at all.
Donut_Wizard 23
Jeez. It’s freaking soap opera month on FML.
tounces7 28
I mean, your dad is still your dad. Says a whole lot about your mom though.
withered 30
The friend could be a sperm donor tho. Maybe her husband is infertile and they asked someone close to them for donation.