Did you ever find out something about one of your family members that surprised or shocked you?

[mandyfire98]

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What was that thing?

[ohsheeT]

Oh of course I did many many times over and over and usually what I found out was one of the family members that's me according to the BBC which is British broadcasting system my family because they know stuff that goes on before it even happens somehow but there's so many rumors that I learned about myself that I had no clue that I even knew about this type of stuff but according to my family I sure did so instead of trying to prove myself wrong or myself right I would just go along with it and add more stuff to it and get it out to the British broadcasting system as far as I could as fast as I could because I like those rumors that way they never knew who I was and for a long time never knew who I was lol and in some ways they still don't which I like that

[muscles_glasses]

my mom was an adult film star

[mandyfire98]

For real?

[muscles_glasses]

I sent you a pm if you want to talk

[Tstrbrainer]

Wow😲

[JenniBi]

That's wild! I don't want to offend, but I think that's cool.

[Anonymous]

my dad worked in intelligence in the military in divided berlin, like he collected shit on soviets. also he was a little player in high school

my grandad saw a lot of horrible things when he was deployed to algerian in the french algerian war like little kids diced up in a cauldron. also he wasn't happy at all when he learned my parents had a girl, he wanted a boy. he was sexist as fuck when he was younger

my mom used to be rich before she had me and had a nice job that let her always fly first class. but she gave up that life for me...

my uncle went to mit

my other grandad liked big women so he made his wife become fat cos he loved that

[Simslover92]

My mom being raped as a teenager. She told me when I was a teenager. It explains why she always kind of sheltered me when it came to dating and boys. I wasn't really allowed to date back then and I understand why she didn't allow it because of what she went through.

[Kelly6]

Sorry to hear that hun

[Simslover92]

Thanks and yeah it was so sad to hear.

[petitedollbabee]

That my grandma had 9 miscarriages before she had her only child. She adopted my mum and uncle.

[NamerOfStars]

That my father, and one of his brothers, had paid to see Zardoz in the theater. If you've seen the movie, you'll know what that's hard to believe. If you haven't... look, here's the poster:

Sean Connery, in his dashing "bandolier and red diaper" combo, running around to fulfill the whims of a giant flying stone head that shouts "The gun is good! The penis is evil!" and then vomits assault rifles.

The director, John Boorman, had just finished Deliverance, and wanted to adapt Lord of the Rings to the big screen, but that fell through, so instead he decided to do all the drugs in the world, and then made Zardoz.

[NalleBabyBoysss]

Yeah i always believed my dad that went away when i was 1 years old and didn't remember, was out working in other countries he always sent me weekly postcard and one day when i was 9 years old and did something bad in school my teacher said "your going to end up just like your dad in prison" i ran home to grandma and found out that dad has been in prison and not helping people in other countries it was really hard as a kid.

[mandyfire98]

Oh my god. That's a terrible way to find out.

[NalleBabyBoysss]

Yeah and that teacher lived on the same street as my grandma so she went to her that day and yelled at her, ill ask you your own question haha Did you ever find out something about one of your family members that surprised or shocked you?

[mandyfire98]

Found out about my mom's past in highschool and college and it pretty much explains why I'm like I am.

[SnowedIn]

When dad was having an affair.

When my brother came out as gay and told his wife he was divorcing her -- at my wedding at the reception dinner in a public speech.

[mandyfire98]

👀 at your reception?

[SnowedIn]

Yeah. 🙄😥😲🤯🤦‍♂️😖

[mandyfire98]

Good lord. I'm sorry that happened during your reception. That's kind of your day and all lol.

[mandyfire98]

Good for him for coming out. But not at your reception lol

[SnowedIn]

One would think lol.

And thank you.

[exitseven]

@snowedin I think that wins the prize.

[SnowedIn]

@exitseven... right?

[Sirenboobzilla]

One of my cousins has 5 kids. Turns out only 1 is his

[Andres77]

Oooouiuuuch!

[NathanDavis]

this actually came from relatives, who finally decided to find out about (some part) of our more direct ancestors and when/where they came from to the USA... while everyone was expecting it would be somewhere in Europe... few or none were expecting Germany of all places... lol

[thatshydork]

Nope. I knew everything about everyone in my family which meant I knew about my missing cousin and dead relatives and pretty much all of my relatives problems and how all my dead relatives died before I can even remember the first time learning about it. You can imagine the psychological trauma that caused.

The only thing I did not know about my family until I was a teenager was that my grandfather was almost hit by the atomic bomb that hit Hiroshima.

[OlderAndWiser]

My brother, his future wife, and I all attended college together. She was okay but not marriage material; she was way too much of a daddy's spoiled little girl. But they got married in 1975, and I was best man at the wedding. She developed renal insufficiency and was on dialysis for a few years before she died in the summer of 2022. My brother got remarried 6 weeks after his first wife died.

[Wallythewalrus]

It was me that shocked my family. When I was 20 years old I went to college in St. Louis and met a beautiful girl that I hit it off with. After her and I had been seeing each other for about 2 months, I told my mom about her. Long story short, we were 3rd cousins! My mother's extended family is HUGE! One of her aunts had 20 kids, another 18. So her cousins are scattered all over the country.

[Anonymous]

Yes my sister had 7 abortions in highschool I was 8 seeing her look at her belly in the mirror sneak boys over and just never knew till later when she told us and broke down crying when I told her our happy news

[balyai]

Wow! I'm surprised too

[mandyfire98]

7? Wow that's wild

[UnWokeDude_OrNot]

7 is too risky!

[Opinion Owner]

@UnWokeDude_OrNot way to much my parents really only learned about the last one so they put her on the pill.
Hate planned Parenthood cause they don't care any. All they want to do is sell her fetus!

She is still in therapy over her choices. Wish I was old enough to know and tell my parents so they would have helped sooner!

They were crushed but will always lover her

[ProbablyClueless]

Found out that my mom was married once before my dad. Found out that one of my dad's "hookup highlight reel" moments was the time he got drunk and banged a 16 year old Canadian girl on his 30th birthday.

NGL; those two pieces of information kinda made some shit make a lot more sense as I've looked back on the context of things.

[UnWokeDude_OrNot]

There is a relative of mine. I was shocked to see that he could afford a really expensive Bose Bluetooth speaker in his salary. And when I asked him what his salary was, all he said is he is comfortable in buying such things.

That guy graduated from a mediocre college and drastically improved himself so much so that he is in-demand in the market now.

[Breanna94]

@mandyfire98 found out about one of my cousins was gay, walked in on him and his boyfriend once too

[CrimsonAngel09]

My Mom and a sister of hers were molested by an Uncle when they were kids. I didn't find this out until after my Mom died three years ago.

[Beautyblossom2]

Yes. Stuff that made me grow up and view them as actual human beings with flaws, but who try their best. Though reaching this conclusion was always like a funny mix of emotions 😂

[ShadezMcgee]

Yeah. I got two that shocked me.

1.) Dad evidently did coke at one point in college.

2.) One family member was racist but has since recovered.

[Sparkie460]

When my grandparents died my aunt took everything out of their house before the rest of the family could get what was willed to them. We never talked to her again

[exitseven]

@sparkie460 this happens more than you think.

[Sparkie460]

I believe it

[Grond21]

My great-grandmother's sister killed her husband with a frying pan.

[mandyfire98]

Good lord. That's violent af

[Grond21]

Yeah. I never knew her, but it's pretty wild to find that out about your family.

[mandyfire98]

You're not kidding

[Grond21]

Makes me wonder what other things about my family I don't know.

[Andres77]

Sorta. It was more shocking and tragic than hard to believe

[Andres77]

My uncle made my cousin (boy) turn tricks for him. My stepdad prostituted my mom. My first wife did porn (before we married) and I found out when I saw her in a magazine

[mandyfire98]

Oh wow. That's a family full of surprises.

[Andres77]

That’s another reason I live on the other side of the country.

[mandyfire98]

I can understand

[Andres77]

My kids complained that they never got to play with all their cousins. They don’t know how much of a blessing that was. My grandpa was an evil man and he cursed our whole family for the next two generations at least. I know I’m not a perfect man but I really believe that God allowed some of us to break free of that curse.

[mandyfire98]

Well I'm glad you don't have to deal with them.

[Andres77]

Family reunions are a thing of the past

[hardboiledink]

My cousin got married. He's a bum and nit working and got married to a girl who doesn't work and he didn't even tell his own mom. They met online and got married in Las Vegas.