My hands trembled as I clicked on the profile. There it was: Daniel. According to the test, we shared enough DNA to be siblings. The discovery stunned me. I had grown up as an only child. I thought I knew everything about my family. Suddenly, I wasn’t so sure.

A Conversation That Changed Everything

That evening, I brought it up with my dad. Sitting across from him in our familiar living room, I asked gently but directly.

“Dad, I took a DNA test… and it says I have a brother.”