A single man's entire life has been changed overnight after discovering he has a long-lost daughter from a high school romance 50 years ago. The man, now 70, has been spending much of his retirement alone, with only friends and his neighbours to keep him company.
But this has now completely changed after a DNA test revealed he not only has a 50-year-old daughter but also grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Responding to the Quora question 'Has anyone ever taken a DNA test and found something completely shocking", his close friend shared his story.
She said: "A good friend had quite a shock. He, 70 years old, single, found out that he had a child. The mother was a high school girlfriend whom he impregnated and he never knew about the pregnancy or that she had given a child up for adoption.
"He met his daughter 50 years later when she did a DNA test as had my friend’s brother. So she found her uncle that way and soon after her biological father." Since then, the 70-year-old has been in touch with his family and has enjoyed learning about their lives, interests and experiences.
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She added: "My single friend became a great-grandfather overnight and is delighted to have this new family in his life. They are lovely." However, it turns out he isn't the only person who has uncovered a secret after taking a DNA test, as another user said: "My mum was 79 when a lady who grew up in the same small town as she made contact and started chatting with her.
"My mum said, 'I don’t know who this person is, but she seems to know me.' Eventually, this lady said to my mum that she was her half-sister. They organised a DNA test and there was shown to be “a high probability” that they were half-sisters.
"AncestryDNA has shown that I am related to my Mum’s new half-sister. So after 79 years, her whole ancestry has changed. The story ended up being that my Mum’s father was unable to have children whilst her mother really wanted one, so the father of this other lady was allowed to produce a child with my nan, that child being my mother.
"Apparently, the other family was aware of what had happened but kept it under wraps until my mum was 79 years old when her half-sister decided to talk to mum and see if she was a nice person. Having decided she was, she opened up to her regarding the situation."
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