He Secretly Got A DNA Test On His Daughter And Discovered She’s Not His
What happens when a lingering doubt grows too loud to ignore, and you end up uncovering a truth that doesn’t match the life you’ve built?
For this man, it started with a gut instinct. And when he finally followed it, not only were his worst fears confirmed, but it unraveled everything he thought he knew about his marriage.
Eight years ago, this 36-year-old man got married to his 34-year-old wife. Six years ago, they welcomed their daughter Lila into the world.
Lila means everything to him, and he loves his little girl. However, he’s always had a bad feeling deep down that Lila isn’t his child.
“She doesn’t look like me at all. Different hair, eyes, even her mannerisms and allergies don’t run in my family. I tried to ignore it, but curiosity (and anxiety) got the best of me,” he explained.
“So about three months ago, I swabbed her cheek while she was sleeping and sent it off for a paternity test. I never told my wife. I got the results last month. Not mine.”
“I was crushed. I confronted my wife immediately. She broke down and confessed that during a ‘rough patch’ early in our marriage, she had a one-night stand with a coworker while we were on a break. She never thought I’d find out and said she truly believed I was the father.”
Yikes, right? He was flooded with feelings of betrayal, devastation, and anger. He let his wife know he wanted to take some space for himself, and he moved right in with a friend.
He pretty much has not said a word to his wife since finding out that Lila is not his daughter. His wife is pleading with him to keep it a secret and continue playing the role of Lila’s dad.
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His wife is arguing that biology does not actually matter, but as far as he’s concerned, he can’t look past how his wife stabbed him in the back.
Instead of keeping the secret like his wife begged him to, he told his family the truth, so his siblings and parents know Lila was fathered by another man.
His wife is livid with him and insists he wrecked Lila’s chance at having a stable life. His wife feels he did this to be petty and get revenge.
“I’m not sure if I’ll stay in the marriage. But I love Lila. I raised her as my daughter for 6 years. Still, I feel like I was lied to every day of her life. My wife says I’m ruining everything over ‘a single mistake,'” he continued.
He’s curious if he was wrong to give Lila a DNA test behind his wife’s back.
What do you think?
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