10 Bizarre Family Secrets That Would Make Great Movies

Every family has its secrets, but some are so strange, they sound like movie plots. From hidden identities to long-buried truths, these stories reveal the bizarre twists that can lurk behind closed doors. Get ready for a wild ride through shocking revelations that prove truth really is stranger than fiction.

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• “Maybe 6 months ago or so, I found out that I have a maternal half brother that I never knew about. Found him on Facebook, he is a very decent human being and has been nothing but friendly towards me. His childhood sounds horribly sad at the fault of my mother, and it’s for that reason I still can’t bring myself to really sit down and talk to him about family history.” © quinndubya / Reddit

2.

• My FIL died from a heart attack, while flying, when my husband was 13. This year, his cousin visited and asked if my husband had forgiven his father for what he did. Confused, I asked her the details.
  She told me my FIL was actually leaving his wife to be with his lover and leaving my husband and his sister behind. He died on the plane because of a heart attach when he was leaving.

3.

• “My dad had an affair and a child from that affair that I’ve never met. My mom told me when I was 21 in case the daughter showed up at some point. My mom’s condition for staying with him was that he never saw that woman or that kid again, and he agreed.” © Devmax1868 / Reddit

4.

• My grandpa had one rule: never go into the attic. After he died, we inherited the house and curiosity got the best of me. Inside the attic was a room with a padlocked broken freezer.
  When we finally opened it, it was packed full of books, hundreds of them, all in different languages: Arabic, Japanese, even ancient Greek. None of us knew he could speak anything but English. He was just a quiet old librarian, or so we thought.

5.

• “My mom gave birth on the floor of her apartment. I used to think it was because it happened so fast, that’s what she always said. I recently learned it was because she was in denial she was pregnant and never got any prenatal care, denied it up until the baby was literally coming out of her.” © Over_The_Influencer / Reddit

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• “My great-grandfather had two families that lived about 200 yards from each other for about 20 years. Neither had any idea the other existed until the funeral. When the priest asked the spouse to step forward, two women did. I’ve been told it was quite a scene in the aftermath.
  I remember going to see my grandma when I was younger and being told these people were my half cousins, but had no idea what that meant until I was a lot older, and my dad told me what had happened.” © ****40 / Reddit

7.

• “My brother discovered we had a sister because he was hitting on a girl at the bar, and they got to talking about their parents. Turns out we have the same dad.” © Drewskeez-e / Reddit

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• “My parents are both gay. The main purpose of their marriage and life together in general was to keep that secret. Throughout the years, they saw other people.
  I had no idea. Not a clue. Didn’t find out until I came home for college break one year, a few days early, unannounced.” © family-throw-away / Reddit

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• “My dad was a liar. About everything. His age, his job in the past, how many times he was married, if I had half brothers or sisters (spoiler, I definitely do, and I have yet to find out just how many... he was married a lot), about every little detail.
  The first time I’d seen my sister in 3 years, she decided to drop that bomb on me. So everything I’d remembered about him, every little detail I clung to after his death 12 years ago, everything said at his funeral or around the dinner table about him, was untrue.” © ****wifeJP / Reddit

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• “I didn’t know one of my cousins existed until I was about ten years old. It turns out he was diagnosed with Leukemia as a child, and I was a very sensitive kid, so my family decided not to tell me until the treatment was successful, and he recovered.
  It would have been okay if they told me as soon as he was healthy again, but I guess they forgot. So the first time I met him, I was wondering how exactly I managed to forget the existence of a whole person.” © monopoppi / Reddit

Family secrets may shake us, but they also remind us how complex and fascinating our histories can be. Who knows, maybe your own family has a story waiting to be uncovered.