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

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ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

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 · Accepted Answer

my mom was an adult film star

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

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 · Accepted Answer

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.

petitedollbabee · Answer

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

NamerOfStars · Answer

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:

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

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 · Answer

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.

SnowedIn · Answer

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.

Sirenboobzilla · Answer

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

NathanDavis · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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

ProbablyClueless · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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

CrimsonAngel09 · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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

Rangers · Answer

No, I saw that some of them have criminal records, which I saw coming due to the constant verbal and physical abuse she subjected her sons to, until she finally got her face bashed in, which I wish I would've been there to see

Grond21 · Answer

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

Andres77 · Answer

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

hardboiledink · Answer

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.

Writteninthestars · Answer

My great great grandfather used to own a castle

Cb142 · Answer

i did but my family waited till i was 18 to tell me

Agape93 · Answer

Nope, I grew up very aware of his nature even if I didn't fully understand it until I was like, 8 or 9.

dolemite58 · Answer

my great grandma on my dad’s side was a prostitute 🤷‍♂️

B4851 · Answer

Not in the immediate family, but possibly extended family.

Anonymous · Answer

My cousin turned out to have massive amount of cash he kept accumulating for 8 years 😂 Said he was happy to collect that instead of the donations and charities which he used to do before, and to his luck there wasn't that much of inflation.

Gent207-2 · Answer

Yes one of my family members was a famous bank robber in the 90s in my homestate

Kelly6 · Answer

When I was kids , I noticed my dad was cheating on mom. but I also kept my mouth shut just to save marriage

AviatorTom · Answer

One of my close relatives helped engineer a new type of colonoscope.

elizamichale1 · Answer

Tht my dad used to train women how to control men during sex for more pleasure

Kabluie · Answer

My youngest aunt wasn't my aunt. She was adopted.

exitseven · Answer

I found out my father was cheating on my mother

MikeTheBartender · Answer

Ancestry DNA showed my grandma cheated on my grandpa 😂

Mansearching · Answer

Not really shocked. Just that it explained a lot.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Reading through the answers I can see just how boring my family was.

Dat-Alpha-Lion · Answer

My little brother likes to pirate movies. Cool stuff.

Jmmmfi4 · Answer

Yeah I found out I had a sister I never knew existed

giveubukkake · Answer

My family was pretty much openly lunatics. LOL

Jazzy54 · Answer

Yes.  Lots  of things from both sides. 😬

Date_a_Snob · Answer

my mom was a dominatrix in university

CubaPirate · Answer

Nah they're pretty boring lol

Lokiion · Answer

Nope not at all

jahaims · Answer

Yep.

collie22 · Answer

Yeah my mom

DiegoO · Answer

Not yet

onezipp · Answer

Yes, one commuted murder …!!! Wtf

Luckycharms12 · Answer

We all have things

sing_in_the_shower · Answer

my mom told me her bra size

Bigjake1995 · Answer

Yes lol 😂

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