'My parents told me I was adopted but my DNA test show unsettling truth'

A woman has been left heartbroken after discovering her parents lied to her about being adopted, and she doesn't understand why. The 24-year-old explained how her parents sat her down at aged five and told her she was adopted.

From there, they shared their intention to treat her as their biological child but thought it was important she knows the truth. On Reddit, she said: " I’m a from a very close family; both my immediate and extended family. My parents told me when I was five that I was adopted, but they’ve always considered me their daughter."To be clear, they never abused me and have always been supportive.

"They paid for my college and are now helping me get my master’s degree."

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For her birthday this month, her boyfriend bought her a DNA test and decided to take himself one too so they could compare their ancestry history.

However, she wasn't at all prepared for what the results were about to reveal.

She added: "He asked if I was okay with it, and I said yes. He thought it would be fun to learn more about our roots, even if my birth family didn’t want to know me.

"I agreed; I was curious about meeting my biological family, though I understood that if they were interested, they could have reached out once I turned 18.

"So, we did the test together. When I got my results online, I was shocked; my adoptive family showed up as my biological family."

She added: "Both sets of my grandparents matched as my biological grandparents, and several cousins matched as well on both sides of my adoptive family tree. It was so strange.

"My parents aren’t on the website, but that didn’t surprise me; they’ve always said they know who they are and don’t need a DNA test."

Confused, she spoke to her older brother, 25, about her results, but he wasn't able to provide any answers and started to question things too.

She added: "He was also adopted, but he doesn’t remember when I first came home. Now, I’m debating whether to confront my parents to find out what’s really going in on."

Commenting on her post, one user said: "It is not uncommon for babies to be adopted by family members.

"Your birth mother is likely a cousin or aunt who would have been a teen when you were born (generally in family adoptions seem to be within the mother’s family)."

Another user added: "Wait, you matched on both sides of your family tree? There’s definitely a larger story here and you deserve the truth, but you weren’t adopted from an unknown family.

"My best guess is one of your parents couldn’t conceive and one of their siblings helped but they kept the story secret for everyone involved.

"Either way, when you talk to them I would definitely come to conversation with care and compassion because you could be opening a painful wound.

A third user said: "I'd ask who you were adopted from. Then I'd explain that the DNA test said you matched on both sides of the family. Go from there."