Wildest Things People Learned After Taking DNA Tests

“My dad and his entire side of the family had always been a mystery. My mom had two potential guys it could’ve been. We actually managed to track down one of them and did a DNA test, but it wasn’t a match. 

When I was 28, I did a 23andMe, and matched with a biological uncle! I reached out to him, and long story short, we were able to determine that his younger brother was my dad. We did a cheek swab to confirm and it was a 99.9999% match. My dad isn’t one of the people my mom thought it could be; they met once, hooked up, and never saw each other again. His entire family accepted me with open arms, and I happily have an awesome stepmom, two more younger siblings, and an amazing extended family. The absolute wildest part, though? My dad lived in the same city as me, and had for all the 15 years I lived there. At one point, we even lived on the exact same street, but missed each other by about a year. SO CRAZY.”

—Abby