People Are Sharing The "Juiciest" Secrets They Found Out About Someone After They Passed Away, And My Eyes Are Wide In Shock
1."My grandmother divorced my grandfather for serial adultery in the '70s. I found out much, much later that she immediately went on to date three of the husbands of the women my grandfather had cheated with."
—No-County-1573
2."After her death, I learned that my grandmother, who appeared to be a staunch Christian her entire life, practiced some type of Satanism with her ex-husband for years."
—medium-mild
3."My great-great-grandpa was a Basque farmer who emigrated to Cuba and became REALLY rich. He spent all his years sending letters from Cuba to Spain, trying to maintain his relationship with a sister he was really fond of. He even spent a lot of money each year to visit his homeland and see her. Well, some years ago, my family found my great-great-grandpa's genealogical tree online, and there was NO SISTER. Hm, I wonder if she was actually a lover? It's the most logical theory, but we'll never know!"
—GrassAffectionate765
4."My dad wasn't my father. I found out from my sister on my mom's deathbed when I was 62. Good times."
—LoudView650
5."My grandfather was tried for murdering the woman he was cheating on with when my dad was a kid. I didn't learn about it until after my dad and grandma died."
—Imaginary-Purpose-20
6."My grandpa told us he was giving up his license, and we were all shocked and thought it was so mature of him. After he died, we found out that he'd totaled his car and his license was revoked."
—Eat_it_Stanley
7."My great-grandpa abandoned a child after divorcing his first wife. We knew about his first marriage, but no one knew about the child. His son — my grandpa — had no idea he had a half-sibling until the end of his old life, when he found the sibling's grave. My grandpa had some serious problems with his dad, which he had moved on from. But discovering that reopened many of those issues. He was heartbroken and LIVID that he'd missed the opportunity to know his sibling."
—Panama_Scoot
8."My great aunt and uncle ran a porn business in the '70s."
—PickleJuiceMartini
9."My grandfather was part of the mafia. He robbed banks and owned and ran a couple of auto repair shops, and there were many 'uncles' in the family who weren't actually related to us. The pieces came together when the FBI showed up at his funeral."
—PurpleNurple555
10."My grandma and granddad had a baby before they got married, and gave it to another family member to look after. Immediately after they gave it away, they got married and had five more children, the oldest being only a year younger than the one they gave away. They never took back their first child. We didn't find out my mom had an older sister until 10 years after my grandparents died, and my mom was well in her 50s!"
—LepLepLepLepLep
11."I found out that the night my brother was murdered, he wasn't just using meth, but he was making and distributing it, too. And, no, that's not why he was killed."
—Intrepid_Pudding_915
12."My grandpa had an entire second family two towns over. They came to the funeral like it was a surprise birthday party."
—jasonclarke1902
13."My great-grandfather, whom my brother is named after, is only my great-grandfather because he'd adopted his niece after his sister was murdered due to her connection to his speakeasy ring during prohibition."
—Shonky_Honker
14."We were cleaning out a relative's house and found his gay S&M porn photos from the '80s, along with his S&M kit, which was neatly packed in a briefcase."
—MrsWeasley9
15."For context, my dad's side of the family is very Christian. I found out that my 'grandpa' was actually a gay man who didn't die of pneumonia like my family had originally told me. He had AIDS, and my grandmother had been fooling around with a married man who was my actual grandpa. His wife killed him."
—ThrowRAclowniefisk
16.Lastly: "My mom died at 42. After she passed, these letters came out from her to this guy, saying that my younger sister was his child. The guy was the best friend of her best friend's son, meaning she'd been 30, and he'd been 19. There was an affair going on, and it was probably the real reason for my parents' divorce. My sister met the man, and he ended up being a piece of shit. Years later, ancestry revealed that my sister had relatives in common with our father, so all of the drama ended up being for nothing."
—ceramia
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