Grandmother Buys DNA Test For Granddaughter Against Parents' Wishes

Grandmothers can either be your main confidantes or cold distant figures. The worst thing they can be is intrusive and nosy. So when this grandmother ordered a DNA test for her granddaughter, she wondered if she was overstepping a boundary.

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OP said that her granddaughter Lindsey was the middle child and the only one who didn't look anything like the rest of the family.

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OP said she was confused herself since Lindsey was the only one with blonde hair while the rest were dark-haired. OP emphasized that she loved her granddaughter no matter what.

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OP had to step in when she found out that Lindsey's parents had banned her from getting a DNA test. OP had a talk with them urging them to come clean if something was up.

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The two denied everything and told OP to leave it alone. The situation became more complex when Lindsey's teacher said that she had some traits she could never have inherited from her parents. 

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This distressed Lindsey even more and she reached out to OP to help her get a DNA test without her parents knowing. OP obliged and the two found out that while Lindsey was her father's child, she was not her mother's.

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The news blew up the family and everyone was upset by the results. OP's relationship with her son and daughter-in-law was now strained.

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OP added in an edit that the reason she never questioned the lack of a pregnancy was because they didn't live close to one another. 

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In another comment, she reiterated that her granddaughter was old enough to make her own decisions and she simply helped her do what she wanted.

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One commenter asked how she could have missed the entire pregnancy.

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OP further explained in the comments similar to the edit that she did not meet Lindsey until she was already six months old.

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She also added that since the family had a history of miscarriage, they usually kept most pregnancy news under wraps until it was a sure thing. 

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Commenters were firmly on OP's side urging her to continue to be by her granddaughter's side. 

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