My DNA Doesn’t Match Dad: When DNA Uncovers Secrets

Salt Lake City UT

05 October, 2021

8:09 PM

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While DNA matching is generally harmless, sometimes DNA testing results, such as knowing that your DNA doesn't match your dad, may uncover family secrets that throw you and your loved ones into turmoil. Facing these secrets—and their fallout—is never easy. The emotional repercussions of discovering a secret adoption, a hidden affair, or a past relationship can trigger reverberations that are felt throughout your immediate and distant family. Relationships with family members may suffer, though hopefully they’ll mend over time. Facing Your Biological Truth Once you know the truth—the man you’ve always thought of as your father is not your biological father—you can’t wind back the clock and un-know it. The only way forward is to confront the reality that your biological dad is someone entirely different. You get to decide what to do with your newfound information. It’s up to you whether to find your biological dad or not. If you do, your journey may yield new connections with a new family. Or, it may lead to disappointment. Like so many things in life, you don’t know until you take the leap. And taking—or not taking—the leap is entirely up to you.