In today’s day and age, there are a lot of ways to find out more about your family history than ever before. Back in the day, people may have relied on their relatives, but now, people are discovering people they never knew they were related to are actually very close relatives all by taking DNA tests.

A TikTok user name Lane who goes by @laneiscool14, recently shared a true story about her life that all started when she got a text from a stranger. She had no idea who this person was, and red flags went up. She wondered how this person got her contact information and why this person was insisting that she do something quite specific – take an Ancestry.com DNA test.

At first, Lane thought the text was unimportant and fake, but after talking to a friend, she decided to respond to the text. She was even more surprised when the stranger responded back, and they had a whole conversation via text about why it was important for her to take this specific DNA test.

Lane told the stranger that she already took a 23andMe DNA test, but the stranger still insisted that wasn’t good enough and that she she needed to take the Ancestry.com test because “You have other family you might not be aware of.”

After taking the test, Lane discovered the shocking truth about her birth. She called her mom, and her mom came clean and told her she’d had an affair with a college student when she was a teacher. Her mom was 35 at the time, and the student was 25.

Lane’s mother never let her biological father have contact with her, but he still found a way to watch her grow up – by following her on social media. She explained, “He watched me date my boyfriend, get married, have babies, everything, all from the outside, not able to know me.”

At first, Lane thought it was her biological father who had sent her the texts, but it wasn’t. It was his nephew who went through a similar situation and wanted things to be different for Lane. She couldn’t believe it when she saw a picture of her real father next to her own picture.

Watch the video below to learn more about how Lane discovered the truth about her biological father.

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How would you react if you found out your mom had kept your biological father from you your entire life? Have you ever found out something surprising after taking a DNA test?