(New York Post) A woman in the US has shared how she discovered her dad isn’t her biological father after a stranger texted her to get a DNA test.
In a series of videos, TikTok user Lane (@laneiscool14) detailed her remarkable story.
Last year, she received an anonymous message from an unknown phone number encouraging her to conduct an Ancestry.com test.
“This f**king text message right here changed my life forever,” she said in a three-minute clip.
“About a year ago now, on Jan 9, I get a text message telling me to get a DNA test from Ancestry.
“And I think it’s fake, I FaceTime my friend, and I’m like, ‘Listen to this’. And she’s like, ‘I swear my gut is telling me this is real. You need to respond’. So I respond, and then they write me back.”
The Brooklyn-based TikToker said the text conversation left her “shook”. She added that the person made a “burner account on Facebook” to message her and her husband about the DNA test.
“They would not provide me with any sort of proof that this was real, and, obviously, I called my mum immediately, saying, ‘What the f**k,’” she continued.
Lane’s mother ultimately confessed that she had an affair with a 25-year-old man while she was in college at age 35 receiving her degree in education.
Lane posted a side-by-side image of her and her newly discovered father.Laneiscool14/TikTok
She admitted the man who raised Lane was not her father.
“I almost fell off my f**king chair,” Lane explained in the video.
“She had an affair with a guy ten years younger than her when she was in college.
“It was a one-time thing, but he even saw her on campus and said, ‘Is that mine?’ and she denied it.”
Lane immediately ordered an Ancestry test. Six weeks later, she received her results.
“I find out that, yes, this man is my father. So I message him immediately, and he lives in California. He’s British. What the f**k?” she said.
“He said my mum sent him a Christmas card when I was two years old, saying my name in it and that he’s googled my name ever since.
“In 2007, my name popped up, and he saw a picture of me, and he knew immediately that I was his daughter.”
Lane said her biological father emailed her mother to get in contact with her, but she “threatened him” and said to “leave them alone” and never contact them again.
“So what did he do? He followed me on social media my entire life,” she said.
“He watched me date my boyfriend, get married, have babies, everything, all from the outside, not able to know me.”
Lane then posted a side-by-side photo of her and her biological father, writing, “I’m telling you this picture freaked me the f**k out.”
Her first video attracted 10.5 million views with many users shocked by Lane’s story and keen to find out more details.
“Horrific. He was denied a daughter,” one person wrote.
“I am glad you know the truth but a hell of a way to find out,” another said.
“This is heartbreaking,” added another TikToker, while one remarked, “You look so much like your bio dad.”
