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A Girl providing saliva sample, 2022 | Chris reading the results of his DNA test, 2022 | Source: Youtube.com/60 Minutes Australia
A Girl providing saliva sample, 2022 | Chris reading the results of his DNA test, 2022 | Source: Youtube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Dad Tired of Hearing One of His Daughters Doesn't Look Like Him Secretly Takes a DNA Test

Junie Sihlangu
Nov 05, 2023
06:00 A.M.

After people constantly told a man that his younger daughter didn't look like him, he decided to act on their comments and secretly took a DNA test. Little did he know that his life would change forever after seeing the results.

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Hearing others talk about your child's physical appearance might be a challenging experience. It takes a toll on a parent when people tell them that their child looks nothing like them.

Chris shares his shocking story in an interview. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris shares his shocking story in an interview. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

However, some people choose not to pay attention to what people say, while others take their opinions seriously and act upon them quickly. Sometimes, doing so makes a million questions pop up in the person's mind, and they start looking at things differently. Something similar happened with the man in today's story.

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Everything Seemed Fine

Chris lived with his wife and two daughters in his Australian home. He was happy to be a loving father to his two girls and a caring husband to his wife, unaware of how his life would soon take an unexpected turn.

Chris recalls what happened. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris recalls what happened. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Everything seemed fine until people told Chris his youngest daughter, unlike the older one, didn't resemble him. They pointed out how her facial features were completely different, trying to make him suspicious about her paternity.

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However, Chris chose not to pay attention to people's comments. He ignored them but couldn't continue to do so because they had become nagging.

The Other Father

Aside from people's comments, other strange incidents also bothered Chris. He recalled feeling confused when his younger daughter talked about her "other father." He told her:

"I am your dad. There is no other dad."

Chris narrates his heartbreaking story. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris narrates his heartbreaking story. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

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That's when she said something unbelievable. She revealed that another man, her "daddy," visited her often when Chris wasn't around. Her words pushed him to tackle the matter head-on.

Taking Action

The thought of another man entering his house and meeting his wife and children behind his back had started bothering him. Chris wasn't sure if his daughter was telling the truth, but he also had no idea if she was lying or joking.

A re-enactment of how Chris swabbed his youngest daughter for a DNA test. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

A re-enactment of how Chris swabbed his youngest daughter for a DNA test. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

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To clear his doubts, he decided to do a paternity test on his little one to know if she was really his daughter. People's comments and his daughter's words had made him curious to find out if his doubts were genuine.

Chris receives the results from the mailman. | Source: Youtube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris receives the results from the mailman. | Source: Youtube.com/60 Minutes Australia

At that stage, Chris also recalled how his wife started behaving strangely in the past. The only thing that could confirm whether his suspicions were correct was an at-home DNA test. He bought the kit, took his daughter's DNA sample behind his wife's back, and kept it a secret until he got the results.

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The Results

Chris could feel his heart racing when the mailman handed the envelope to him. He immediately went inside his house and breathed deeply before opening the sealed envelope.

Chris holding an envelope. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris holding an envelope. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Reading the test results was one of the most nerve-wracking moments of Chris's life. He was shocked that the people who told him his daughter didn't resemble him were correct. The results proved that Chris's younger daughter wasn't biologically his. He recalled:

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"You think you are prepared. You think, 'Oh, what if the results are negative?' And, of course, you realize there could be that possibility. But when that letter [test results] comes, it just blows you away."

Life-Changing Events

Soon after finding out the truth, Chris's life changed. He could have never imagined that his daughter was someone else's child, but now he had to accept the shocking truth. What hurt him more was that his wife cheated on him.

Chris opening the package with his DNA results. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris opening the package with his DNA results. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

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She chose another man over him while still married to him. Chris hadn't expected his wife to be unfaithful to him. He recalled what happened when he confronted her about the test results:

"She [Chris's younger daughter] was told I'm not her dad. And she was never to call me dad ever again."

The Strange Night

After discovering his wife's infidelity, Chris recalled what happened before his younger daughter was born. He revealed that his wife had stopped being intimate with him for almost a year until she started becoming affectionate towards him out of the blue one night.

Chris reading the results of the DNA test. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris reading the results of the DNA test. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

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Soon after that day, Chris's wife announced that she was pregnant and that they couldn't get intimate anymore because of it. The doting parent confessed:

"I was set up to believe that she was my child."

Parting Ways

Chris and his wife mutually agreed to part ways, but they also separated their daughters from each other. Chris lived with his older daughter, who was biologically his, while his wife lived with her younger daughter.

Chris recalls what happened. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Chris recalls what happened. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

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At first, Chris had to pay child support for his younger daughter, but he realized he didn't have to pay it because she wasn't biologically his. He was on the verge of selling his house when he told his wife about not paying child support anymore.

Teary-eyed Chris shares painful memories. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

Teary-eyed Chris shares painful memories. | Source: YouTube.com/60 Minutes Australia

After all that had happened in his life, Chris hoped that the child he thought was his would knock on his door and spend some time with her old father one day. He also said he didn't regret taking the test because it made him discover the truth.

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Chris's story teaches us that our closest ones can sometimes betray us, but we should remain optimistic about everything and expect good things to happen in the future.

Click here to read another story about a woman who became confused after taking a DNA test as it showed her she had a daughter. The test results led her to the most unbelievable moment of her life!

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