We live in a world where we can do almost anything that we put our minds to. Things that were considered to be science fiction just a few years ago are now science fact, and that includes DNA tests.
Some people take a DNA test for fun but at other times, they may be associated with something more serious. That includes what happened in this story that was posted by a mother to Reddit.
Her husband could not believe that he had a light-skinned child when he has dark skin. He wanted to have her give a paternity test to prove it. What would the mother do? Read on to find out more.
My (24F) husband (31M) and I have three children, our sons look exactly like him (dark skin and dark eyes and hair) but our daughter doesn’t, she looks exactly like my great grandparents (really pale, blonde and green eyed) but apparently he didn’t think it was possible that our daughter could look like my great grandparents, and from the moment he saw her he told me he wanted a paternity test. At first I refused because I felt it was humiliating and because I didn’t think it was necessary because I never cheated on him and I hoped he would trust me but he didn’t and for the first two months of our daughter’s life he made my life hell.
He didn’t want to hold her even if she cried desperately while I was doing something else, he never woke up at night to help me with her, he never helped me with anything and that hurt me so much because with our boys he was completely different. He helped me all the time with absolutely everything and he was always there for me after giving birth, but this time he left me alone and it was the worst experience of my life. I have no family here and his entire family from the moment they saw my daughter turned their backs on me, I don’t have any friends here either so it was just my daughter and me. She is a colicky baby so it was very difficult for me to do everything alone and on top of that help with our sons.
I decided to do the paternity test because one day his entire family came to our house to celebrate my son’s birthday and no one spoke to me and they didn’t want to include my daughter in the photos that my in laws took of all the grandchildren. So I knew it was stupid to keep waiting for them to come to their senses.
Well, the paternity test came back positive and everyone was shocked and of course they felt guilty for not having believed in me. Everyone apologized and my husband even cried when he held our daughter in his arms for the first time and I know that his apologies were genuine and that’s why I forgave him but I don’t know if I can forgive his family. They treated me really badly and said horrible things about me just a few days after giving birth and I can’t forget their insults or violence.
My husband knows that I don’t want to see his family nor do I want them near any of our children and he told his family, so these last three months it has been just the five of us, but it doesn’t feel as good as I expected. My husband is constantly apologizing and crying every time he holds our daughter and I am getting tired of this situation. I want us to be happy as we were before. So how can we move on? My husband suggested that we should start couples therapy, how much can therapy help?
