On numerous occasions, we may find ourselves wanting to covertly eavesdrop on the conversations of others or wish for an invisible way to discover someone’s hidden truths. Thanks to a group of brave people on Reddit who were ready to share their most profound familial mysteries, you can now achieve this with ease using the power of the internet.
Story1
My mother’s side of the family has an odd curse. Everyone that we know of in the family has died on a Sunday.
I just inherited the family book. I can go back to the 1800s and verify the date of deaths were always on a Sunday. Creepy.
Story2
I’ve always grown up knowing that my dad was bisexual. He was with my mom for a number of years until he left her to be with a man while I was still a baby.
But more recently, I’ve discovered that he’s actually gay and has always been gay. He was with my mom because he was afraid of coming out to his father.
Then, as soon as his father died, he left her, and he’s only been with men since.
Story3
Apparently, I had an older brother who supposedly passed away very young. I found out one day when my grandmother let it slip out.
I don’t want to ask them about it because I’m sure it’s a very sensitive topic.
Story4
My mom had 3 miscarriages before me, and I was their last attempt. I was also named after my father’s brother who died as a child, whom my parents have literally never mentioned before.
Story5
I found out my grandma had a baby as a teenager and was forced to give him up for adoption by my great grandparents. 40 years later, he found us.
Story6
I found out my mom is a lumberjack. The spit cup on her ironing board gave it away eventually. Sawdust in all of her clothes, always smelling of pine
Story7
I found out that my sister had triplets but she gave them away for science or something like that.
Like, it’s weird to think that I have
three nephews out there, and nobody really knows at all where they are. Maybe they’re okay, but I’ll never know.
Story8
When I was a child, my grandparents came to talk to my parents about an “adult issue” and after that, we never spoke to them again. I had no idea what happened.
Years later, I found a cousin on Facebook and we met for coffee. I discovered that the reason we no longer spoke was because my mom opened a whole bunch of credit cards and racked up a bunch of debt in my grandma’s name that she never had any intention of paying back. My cousin and I kept it between us and she has no idea I know.
Story9
I found out I have another brother that my father never told us about.
I went to school with him. Served him sandwiches when I worked at the local deli. Probably we’ve crossed paths
thousands of times before we found out.
We got to know each other
and he’s pretty awesome. It’s too bad we didn’t get to grow up together as brother and sister since we live in the same town.
Story10
My fiancé has only ever had his mother and father as family. No other close relatives.
I just found out that his mom is filing for divorce and has plans to put his father in a senior home.
And I’m the only one that knows.
Story11
My father, who recently divorced my mother, had actually been cheating on her for YEARS.
He was simply waiting patiently until my siblings and I were adults
to leave my mom and go marry his lover without any form of child support to pay.
Story12
My uncle’s family claimed he had polio instead of a hereditary crippling disease. His wife figured it out when she went to their family reunion. She already had one child and was pregnant with another.
Story13
I found out that both my parents were married before they married each other. I’m not bothered
but they managed to keep it a secret until I was 22.
I don’t think they know I know though.
Story14
My dad still takes his ex-girlfriend (from when he was 16 to 22 years old) out to dinner when he travels to his hometown to visit his dad. He still refers to her by the pet name they had when they were dating… And he has never told my mom.
Story15
My great-great-great-great-grandmother was married to a man who died after only 4 years of marriage, and then remarried his brother within a year of the death. I’m the only member of my family who has done genealogy research so I’m the only one who knows.