Finding out shocking facts about people we care about can make a big difference in our lives. Finding out shocking things about people we care about, like their identities or their pasts that they haven’t told us about, can change our relationships and the choices we make in life. The truth we’re talking about today has been so upsetting to these people that it has made them feel a lot of strong emotions.

My husband died quickly when our daughter was six years old. After a year, I found his records from when he was depressed and in a mental hospital. I found something disturbing in the notes: the therapist said that my husband never called our daughter by name; he always called her “the child.” The notes also said that my husband told the therapist that he wouldn’t mind if I got a divorce and had full custody of our kids. I haven’t talked about this with my daughter in 10 years, and I don’t plan to. Picture: DayDreamerAllDay1 on Reddit

Because I wasn’t “planned” or wanted, my mom tried to give me to my aunt when I was a baby. This has affected how she treats me all my life. Not a known author/Reddit

My great-uncle broke into a bank and was caught. He told my grandmother that he hid the money in the woods on her land as he lay dying. From Umbrella_merc on Reddit

I learned that my paternal grandmother was adopted because she was born in a psychiatric hospital when I started looking into her parents because I have a disease that runs in my family. She doesn’t know anything about her real mother. Chikliz4 on Reddit

My uncle thought my aunt was cheating on him, so he pretended to die and secretly watched her for a few months until he was sure she was honest, then he came back.
From Nellie_blythe on Reddit

My dad had a secret family, and we were part of it. His wife and kids still don’t know about us. After the fact, I also learned that an uncle had an ex-wife and kids that he didn’t talk about. [hadasamatter] on Reddit

I found out that I had a sister who was adopted at birth, a long time before my other sister and I were born. She was found by my mom a few years ago, but I haven’t met her yet. But she’s still doing well, which I think is cool. © WhoIsDoing82648 on Reddit

As a teen, my paternal grandmother had a daughter that she gave up for adoption before she met my grandfather. That was when I met her. She was in her 60s, and I was about 10 years old. We didn’t talk after the funerals. I need to check, but I think my grandmother had her daughter when she was about 15 years old. From MosquitoRevenge on Reddit

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