But things became serious after Linday\u2019s parents \u201cbanned\u201d her from taking things a step further and getting a DNA test. <\/a>If the family was sure their daughter was theirs, why would they forbid her from seeking clarity in the situation? After the parents laid down the law, the situation started to seem a little suspicious. \u201cI told my son and [daughter-in-law] that there was something fishy around her birth she needed to know. They denied it and told me to leave it alone,\u201d the grandma wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lindsay wouldn\u2019t give up her quest. She approached her biology teacher, who admitted that it was \u201codd\u201d for her to have such different traits. This confusion was too much for Lindsay, so she went to her grandmother for help. \u201cShe came to me distressed, asking me to buy a DNA test since she needs to know,\u201d the grandmother wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The grandmother purchased a DNA test <\/a>and it proved their suspicions. \u201cLong story short, she is not her mother\u2019s kid,\u201d the grandmother wrote. \u201cMy son got someone else pregnant and her bio mom gave her up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The interesting thing was that Lindsay was a middle child. So, the dad had a baby with another woman while he was with his wife. This revelation begs the question: How did the family suddenly have a baby out of nowhere without people being suspicious?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey were on the other side of the country when she was born, and I met Lindsey when she was about 6 months old. Really not hard to hide the whole thing,\u201d the grandmother wrote. \u201cOur family has a history of miscarriages, so it\u2019s common to drop news about a baby late in the pregnancy. They did the same with their oldest and didn\u2019t think anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The big revelation has caused friction in the family. The family no longer talks to the grandmother, which makes Lindsay even more furious about the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Should the grandmother have taken such drastic steps if she knew what could happen if her suspicions were true? The commenters on Reddit overwhelmingly supported the grandmother\u2019s decision. The big reason was that Lindsay needed to know her family history for medical reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYour son and his wife suck for lying to her until she is 15 about something so important and trying to keep lying to her even after she obviously started to question things. There are medical reasons a person might need to know what their genetics are\/are not, and if you hadn\u2019t helped her, she would have found out some other way,\u201d Shake_Speare423 wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another commenter noted that protecting the parents\u2019 lie wasn\u2019t nearly as important as Lindsay\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople have a right to know their genetic heritage.\u00a0Lying about adoption is\u00a0<\/a>linked to increased suicidal ideation, anxiety, and depression. You put her safety and comfort ahead of your son\u2019s preferences. Parental rights do not have greater value than a child\u2019s right to access comprehensive medical care, and hiding an adoption does precisely that. Maybe some things, like a child staying healthy, should matter more than a parent\u2019s right to lie, gaslight and manipulate their child as they see fit,\u201d RemembrancerLirael added.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The commenters overwhelmingly supported the grandma for putting herself into an uncomfortable situation to protect her granddaughter\u2019s mental and physical health. However, one commenter noted that she could have gone about it in a less polarizing way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBit out of the norm for the responses here, but you should have gone through your son [and daughter-in-law] and convinced them. Told them that the biology teacher had highlighted that she had traits that didn\u2019t make sense, etc. and convinced them that Lindsey would find out either way,\u201d PhilMcGraw wrote. \u201cIt would have allowed them to find a way to tell her without it being forced on them angrily. A DNA test is the absolute worst way to be told. I\u2019m sure they would have much rather told her than let her find out by a DNA test if that is what was coming.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" People think she was right to do it, too. 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