We just received a letter from a 36-year-old woman who shared her incredible family history with us.
After her mother’s funeral, a woman was organizing her things when she came across a diary she had no idea existed. Although her mother kept a lot of journaling, she made one very insightful entry that opened her eyes. She had no idea that such dramatic events were happening with her parents, her own family.
The woman mourned her mother’s death deeply.
Helen, a 36-year-old woman, wrote us a letter telling us about a family incident that is now negatively affecting her life.
Helen began her letter by stating that she was still grieving the loss of her mother, who had recently died of cancer. “My mom died of cancer a month ago,” the woman said. As I had been taking care of her for the previous two years, I had seen her getting progressively worse day by day and I couldn’t stop it.
Her diagnosis came too late and the two chemotherapy treatments she underwent did not affect her condition. I knew Mom wouldn’t be here long, but when she did, I was so overcome with loss that I was numb and unable to even cry out my pain.
Helen revealed that she and her late mother had a unique kind of relationship. “My mom loved me more than anything,” the woman added. She would spoil me; she would be the most beloved person in the world, my dearest friend, and my wisest teacher.
We were close, so I gave her back twice as much love.
Helen had a different relationship with her brother than with her mother, which surprised her. “My older brother, Sam, is someone I’ve never been able to fully understand,” the woman revealed. He has consistently distanced himself from me since my early years and I have never seen a clear explanation for this. No, he never upset me and never acted aggressively towards me. He acted like I had some disease that would spread to him if he came in contact with me. That was always really strange, even though our mother loved us both equally and there was no discrimination in our household.
It was shortly after my mother’s funeral that things started to go wrong.
Helen continues her story by describing how her brother approached her after her mother’s funeral and said they wanted to talk. “He said he would sort them out, take the things he wanted to keep, and let me pick the ones I wanted to keep as well,” Helen revealed. “Sam insisted that under no circumstances should I touch my mother’s things. I agreed because my grief was so overwhelming, even though I knew deep down that Sam was wrong to forbid me from touching my mother’s things.
However, Sam’s wife unexpectedly went into labor and he rushed to his family to be there for them. Helen decided to take advantage of the opportunity and began to organize her mother’s things herself.
“I felt it would be unfair for anyone, even my brother, to forbid me from approaching the property of my most beloved person on Earth,” Helen stated. I decided to ignore Sam’s demands and started going through my mother’s things myself. I had intended to keep a small number of them, and I was certain that Sam would not be interested in them, as they had no particular meaning to him. So I felt that everything was fair enough.
I now regret not listening to Sam and touching my mother’s things because what I found out in the process is affecting my life negatively.
Against her mother’s wishes, a woman discovered her mother’s diary and looked through it.
Helen continues her narrative by stating, “I was going through my late mother’s things when I unexpectedly came across an extremely old, tattered book.” It turned out to be my mother’s private diary, which she had been keeping regularly for the past two years – before I was born.
Helen revealed that there was handwritten writing on the front page and asked her mother to respect Helen’s privacy and not read the diary. Helen felt guilty but forced herself to read it.
The woman said: “I knew I was being extremely disrespectful when I ignored my mother’s advice and read this book.” However, I was grieving, I longed for her presence in my life, and I believed she would forgive me for going through her journal.
Helen said: “After reading it, I finally realized why my brother had been behaving in such a strange way throughout my conscious life.”
The truth is, he turned out to be more like my father than my brother.
The woman was taken aback by her revelation.
“Mum wrote that when she married my father he had three grown children and she had none,” said Helen. Both Mom and Dad wanted to become parents, but Dad’s health problems caused him to have major complications, one of which was the inability to conceive.
Helen continues: “The mum wrote that they asked the father, Sam’s son, to be the real donor because they didn’t want to use the male donor’s material for insemination.” Mom says they both thought it was the right choice. They knew about Sam’s health, disposition, and IQ, which made him an excellent candidate for donation. She added to the journal that their child will inherit his father’s DNA. Sam also agreed to assist.
Finally, Helen said, “Well, I’m 36 now.” I understand now that my grandfather is my “father”, my father is my “brother” and my two “sisters” are my aunts. Mom said that when they had to tell me about it, she and Dad were nervous and confused.
That was the secret Dad took to his grave when he died many years ago. After the mother died, the truth was revealed. I wish I could hear her say everything; it would clarify a lot of things for me.
Helen is having a hard time accepting this reality at this point.
Helen revealed she “couldn’t get over the shock” when she found out about the family secret.
“This was all so unexpected and my relationship with Sam is almost impossible,” the woman noted. As soon as I knew the truth, I called him to congratulate him on the birth of his son and let him know that I knew the truth. He was numb when he started yelling at me and accusing me of reading the diary without permission. He even started calling me derogatory names and personally annoyed me. I was shocked and scared because it was something he had never done before and I felt like our relationship was over.
“Sam and I have cut ties but it feels so painful and I want him back in my life,” Helen said in her final speech.
After learning the truth about his past, I want to have a good relationship with him and talk to him about everything. However, he disappeared from my life completely and I have no idea what he named his child. Now that I feel dead to him, I don’t know what happened.
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After uncovering her late mother’s diary and revealing a shocking family secret inside, Helen’s life takes an unexpected turn. Still recovering from the recent loss of her mother to cancer, Helen embarks on an emotionally taxing journey of sorting through her mother’s belongings, only to stumble upon a diary that reveals her true origins. The diary revealed that her brother Sam was not only her sibling but also her biological father, a revelation that shook her understanding of family dynamics and left her struggling with a deep sense of betrayal and confusion.
Helen’s decision to read the diary against her mother’s express wishes adds another layer of guilt and complexity to her emotional turmoil. Still, driven by grief and a desperate desire to reunite with her mother, she ignored the warning and delved into its contents, uncovering the truth that had been carefully concealed for decades.
The fallout from this revelation further strained Helen’s already tenuous relationship with Sam. Confronting him with his newfound knowledge proved to be a seismic event that caused Sam to react with anger and hostility, severing their bond. The pain of losing not only her mother, but her brother and father figures has left Helena reeling, longing for reconciliation but facing an uncertain future without the family ties that once grounded her.
As Helen navigates the aftermath of this life-changing discovery, she grapples with deep questions of identity, trust, and the complexities of family love. Once a source of comfort and connection to her mother, the diary became a catalyst for upheaval, forcing Helena to confront uncomfortable truths and reevaluate her relationships. Despite the turmoil, Helen’s desire to heal and rebuild bridges with Sam underscores her resilience and continued hope for a path forward, albeit filled with pain and uncertainty.