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[@trashpanda_0605]

We have a rule in the family: never date/marry anyone from our village (400 people). One of my neighbours kid started dating another kid in the village and my parents were mortified, but others didn't mind it at all. Turns out the whole village is one big extended family. My mom is from a different town, so was my father's mom. They were both appalled when after their respective marriages learned "the family secret".

[@ziddars6282]

oh god well let's just wish them good luck

[@user-yy7pg6sy9c]

So they are dating family?! Ok thats enough comments for me today

[@ArgentinianElectrician]

And "everyone was ok with it." *Alabama intensifies*

[@Gayonetta5000]

First story is a prime example of “fuck around and find out”. Not like pro-violence or anything, but some people just need a good ass kicking to realize they are a complete POS

[@jennsyk7520]

Yep, bullies don't like it when you punch back!

[@lenee8959]

I want to share one. It’s not quite a secret, just rather interesting. My dad’s side of the family has very small percent of Native American heritage in them. I found this incredibly interesting, because my dad’s side of the family are the palest, blondest people. I’m not sure what tribe, and they’re not sure either, and I’d really like to know. So yeah, out of my very large European heritage, I have a sliver of Native American in there, and I think that’s really cool! We even found something in the family records on my mom side that one of our white ancestors in the late 1800s was found being raised by a Native American tribe (still don’t which one I’ll have to look at it again).

[@josiegipson90]

Yep, it's common to find native American ancestry when researching genealogy. The big secret is finding African American ancestry specifically when researching our white American genealogy. It's common but people are embarrassed and usually keep it a secret. The offspring are products of "r". No one wants to admit their ancestors owned plantations, slaves, etc and really don't want to admit their ancestors were another level of horrible. Also, if an ancestor was raised by a native American tribe it's because the tribe kidnapped the child after killing the rest of the family. Probably Comanche, Mohawk, or Apache. A couple others. They were known for killing and kidnapping. There's a couple famous cases in regards to the topic.

[@reaperxdxgrim738]

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[@reaperxdxgrim738]

😅😅😅😊😅

[@Cronix1011]

I’m reference to the grandmother shame story (3rd?) they are talking about residential schools. I know your not Canadian so you may not know. If being hit was all that happen, the grandmother was probably lucky. We are over 6000 children bodies found at “buried” those “schools”. It’s a disgusting part of Canadian history that we should never forget.

[@Unnecessary_Potato]

My aunt is being investigated for identity theft and SHE'S A SPECIAL ED TEACHER

[@MlockBanks]

What you gonna steal autism, like what the heck

[@fiyahquacker2835]

@@MlockBanks she has connections to a vaccine producer who is gonna put them in the vaccines obviously /s

[@jt3948]

Or is the identity she stole a Special Ed teacher?

[@josiegipson90]

As a mother of a special needs child, as long as your aunt is a loving, caring, patient teacher that's all that matters to me..If shes good with the children and good at her job I can look over what she's done. As long as she didn't steal a parents identity. This economy has some really great people doing things they would never do unless they had to. Teachers mess up too.

[@Unnecessary_Potato]

@@josiegipson90 she's not 😅 She's not really the best person tbh She's being investigated for identity theft of my dead Grandpa, her father, and I think at least four other

[@csabanadasiioioo1480]

This wasn't a secret for me but for my great grandma (mother of my grandpa). We had a competition in our school to write some personal stories about the 1956 Hungarian revolution. After the 1956 revolution happened in Hungary and the Soviet Army rolled in my great grandpa vanished for 2 weeks. My great grandma went looking for him at every authority he could find (my grandpa was 12 at this time but that isn't really relevant to the story). After about a week of looking a kind police officer got on the case, rang up some people and found out what happened. He told my great grandma that they know where my great grandpa is and they'll bring him back as soon as they can. My great grandpa returned, then after the new communist government settled in my great grandpa went to jail for 6 months I think. When my great grandma asked what happened my great grandpa never told her anything. Finally after continuous budging of him he finally told his story in the late '90s. They already knew that he participated in the uprising, what they didn't know was after the crushing of the revolution he was abducted by the AVO/AVH (the Hungarian NKVD/secret police) and was tortured for information for 2 weeks straight somewhere in a countryside basement. To my knowledge he never told what exactly they did to him as he didn't speak about this for fear of the government finding out he spoke and the shear trauma. Only detail we know that he was burnt by glowing hot metal several times and beaten as those were visible later. Also this is probably why he only got a short sentence and one of his swords confiscated (some Soviet soldiers left it next to his farm during ww2). My great grandma wrote down an autobiography of sorts about life in the communist era, hence the constant budging of my great grandpa. It was good learning about my family history even though it was this unpleasant for my family. There are more stories about my great grandpa and my grandfather during the communist era that are off topic, so maybe another they I can share those too.

[@nicolecollins6570]

There is a good chance that my scary uncle on my dad's side (who my sisters and I cannot stand, and who I literally kicked at my aunt's funeral) was only my dad's half-brother. My paternal grandmother told my mother that she was not sure if he was my grandfather's or not. Out of her five biological children (my oldest aunt was adopted) he is the only one that doesn't look like part of the family. My other uncle and one of my aunts could be twins despite being years apart, my dad looked like his dad (and subsequently my younger sister looks just like our grandfather), and my other aunt looked somewhere between all of them. I don't know if my dad ever knew this because my mom told me not too long before she passed away (more than 20 years after my dad had passed.) I actually recently did an Ancestry DNA test to see because I knew my uncle had been into genealogy and had previously used the site, only to find out, to my dismay that he had never done the test. I have since been trying to devise a way to get him to do the test without telling him why. There's little I want more than to have proof that I am LESS related to that man than I was told growing up.

[@serenity1378]

"I thanked god for giving me the strength to endure the thing he also caused" is one of my pet peeves.

[@noahwasswa4651]

This looks like it's going to be fun to watch thank you

[@33pandagamer]

So one of my uncles had gotten arrested for committing a crime (this happened a long time ago, before I was born). As he was sitting in the jail cell he realized that he needed to turn his life around. So he did just that and is one of the best uncles I have.

[@Rebelartist83]

Honestly story #1 never frick with a Grandpa that loves their granddaughter...my dad was a loser and a shady bumhole & he kidnapped me when I was a little toddler and my grandpa being a mild Archie bunker type and literally built like a brick crap house found which bar my dad was in beat the living tar out of him and got me back grandpa didn't have to hire anyone he just took out the garbage himself

[@lenee8959]

That is badass! I’m sorry that happened.

[@jennsyk7520]

Cool! A lot of people don't get it. A bully will keep doing what he/she does until you punch back. I know, I was on the receiving end. I had enough one day and literally punched back. Bullies don't like it when you punch back.

[@KenFullman]

I really hate this modern mentality that you should "just tell a teacher". We all know it does nothing or, worse still, just makes the situation worse. My daughter was being bullied by a boy at her school and when she finally told me about it I decided to bring it to a head. I met her at the school gates and had her wait in the car. When the boy came out (surrounded by his gang) I gave him the choice. "Do you want to fight me or shall I go around your house and put your father in hospital" He literally wet himself. I walked away telling him "tell your father to expect a visit" The next day I also went to the school and, fair play to the guy, this kids father actually turned up. He approached me and asked "Are you the guy that threatened my son yesterday" I just told him "Yep, he's been bullying my daughter. Now you have a son so you must have some idea what lengths I'll go to, to protect my daughter. Either you sort him out, or I'll sort you out" He apologised and assured me that it won't happen again. True to his word, it didn't. The boys attitude changed over night. Not only did he stop bothering my daughter but also stopped bullying anyone. Apparently he turned into a pretty decent kid.

[@kalystaleona]

Thank you so much for the full quote! "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." This has been life changing for me. Family are those that care for you and treat you well. Genetics are chance.

[@liamfoxy]

Just a heads up incase it ever comes up in a future story, the pronunciation of that indigenous group is 'May-tee'. Not like.. Matey, like a pirate speaking, but more emphasis on the 'may'. Just an FYI! They are an old and proud groud with a long history on both their french and native American heritage (or scottish depending on where they are from)

[@BloodNote]

The first story was the best. 😂 Grandpa was a real G. ❤

[@DrFunkman]

Don’t know if this counts, but my dad didn’t die when I was two. He left the country after he and my mom divorced and married a girl around 40 years younger than him in Central America. My aunt and my mom had physically fought before because my dad was my aunt’s boyfriend when my mom met him. My dad also had several other children and my older cousin grew up with one of them. Turns out pretty much everyone in my family knew… except for me. Never even knew my parents got divorced.

[@66DoodleGal]

Story 1: Don’t feel sorry for those scumbags. Maybe that’ll teach that guy to take rejection better

[@Lesterfaye81]

Dude, the reason women don't always tell the men in their lives about bad things that happen is because they don't want their family to handle it. Because they handle it. Like handle it. It's better for everyone if we either call the law or destroy them emotionally. Hell, girl on scumbag violence is less extreme generally, and therefore better

[@teresabillings8378]

Good/bad thing about male family members, they always want to avenge a bully on your behalf.

[@lieselvs5257]

So, one of the fun things that isn't really a family secret but was more on the side of interesting was I have an ancestor on my dad's side who was a minor noble (Probably a baron) and land owner in Sweden. So my dad's family is very large and very German, my mother pointed out that the 'von' in my first name was a sort of reference to this. (Mind you, I've only gotten some of this from my dad who dove into our family tree a while back) So the story goes that my ancestor owned a bunch of land in Sweden, and ended up losing it all during a war, and ended up moving to Estonia where my grandpa's branch of the family lived until he came to Canada around WW2 where he met my grandma (who had fled Germany) They got married and had five kids, the youngest being my dad. (Also as another fun side note, my last name in German means 'Of the Thorny hill' so in English, I'm 'Lisa of the Thorny hill')

[@chrisashtonlightell-west1189]

Story 7 made me realize why it's so hard for people to follow stores about my family.

[@AngelAndCreatures1]

Hey, nice nails :) Adds a nice touch to the vids :)

[@dadtorrent]

at 6:21 "Metis" is pronounded like mey-tee. They are a cultural group decended from both native americans/canadian first nations and european settlers intermixing.

[@Dervraka]

I guess mine would be that my grandfather on my dad's side was an illegal alien all his life and nobody had a clue. Apparently, he immigrated from Poland in the 1940's, his citizenship ended up being rejected because he had a criminal record (burglary). He received a deportation order and essentially just vanished and changed his name. Nobody had a clue until he ended up with dementia in his late 80's and the family tried to get him on Medicaid for an in-home nurse. It quickly became a huge mess as nothing matched, he had different names and social security numbers on file, and nothing matched his birth certificate. The government finally figured out who he really was and was starting the deportation process, but he passed away before they got very far.

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

Story 1: And here I was expecting to hear that Granddad thrashed the bullies himself "Mr. Miagi-style". Now I wish I was related to a former hitman. Btw...... Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three, I was married to a Widow who was pretty as could be. This Widow had a grown-up Daughter who had hair of red; my father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed. This made my Dad my Son-in-law and changed my very life, my Daughter was my Mother 'kuz she was my Father's wife! To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. This little baby then became a Brother-in-law to Dad, and so became my Uncle, though it made me rather sad. For if he was my Uncle, then that also made him Brother to the Widow's grown-up Daughter who, of course, was my Step-Mother!

[@Reikotsu]

Story1: sometimes bullies need to hurt to learn their lesson.

[@66DoodleGal]

Especially incels

[@antithoughtpolice7497]

Story 1: Be glad they got beat up, and could come back to school. Eventually they really were going to piss off the wrong person, and wrong people over hired ones, can do way worse

[@JerseyAnimations1]

Idk if this is a big secret to me as my family pretty much everyone knew about it but, anyway this is about myself. Some background is necessary to understand why the event that happened was super impactful and well kept a secret til this past week. When my mom and dad divorced about 11-12 years ago, they had an agreement where my mom dealt with my health insurance and my dad would pay child support (Like $400 a month). Well from 1st grade to 4th grade, around the same time every year, I would get a bad ear infection. Like clockwork. So anyway, with all the background out, let's get on to how I found out. So I was going to my dad's house for a couple of hours as it was his time with me. I was complaining about my mom basically making me her therapist due to many many family issues that is another story for another time. Anyway, in the midst of talking while my dad was making dinner, the topic of actually my mom trying to push cheerleading on me as a little kid led into this secret. My dad said "You know she didn't pay for your health insurance that year because she wanted you in cheerleading?" That's right folks my mom didn't pay for MY HEALTH INSURANCE because of cheerleading that I never wanted to do. I was so mad hearing that but then it got much worse. "Well, she didn't pay for your health insurance not once, not twice, not even three times, no. Your mother didn't pay for your health insurance four times. In a row". Remember dear readers, THIS A PART OF MY PARENTS DIVORCE AGREEMENT!!!!!!!!! My dad continued, "And like clockwork, you'd get your ear infections that you had gotten, and guess who payed for them. I did. I payed 1600 dollars for your medical bills because your mother's seeming inability to make good financial decisions". This all started because of a forcing of cheerleading and me complaining about how my mom only uses my dad when she needs money to help with me because she cant afford everything although she can afford to have stuff from Shein and Amazon sent every damn week (Something ironically she hates my stepsiblings doing when they come to her for money or when she complained about my stepsister spending 600 dollars on food she wanted and stuff from Temu) Again sidetracking, and more of me losing my mind, my dad told me the fallout. My dad didn't pay the 400 in child support that month due to the fact of him paying the 1600 dollar medical bills for me that my mom left him to pay. My mom was pissed and tried to spin a different story to my grandparents (her parents) and they were trying to figure out who was bulls**ting them. Spoiler Alert: My mom was bulls**ting them. *Sigh* This is getting way too long but, so many of this branches out into issues I've had with my mom and her decisions not only in men but when it comes to financial decisions or actually anything to keep me from slipping away from her like my stepsiblings and stepfather. Its all control for her. Every single time. If you red the monologue that is my f-ed up life rn thank you. And if anyone else wants to hear more stories about this disaster, just say you want to know. It's nice to write it all down so i can get my feelings out. It's somehow better knowing that others that yoy don't know can see this and see what they think about the situation they see. TLDR: My mom is awful at a lot of decision making for me and cared about forcing something I don't like to the point that she didn't pay for my health insurance for four times in a row. Dad didn't pay child support that month cause he had to pay a medical bill that was 4 times the amount of the support. Mom tried to lie to her parents and they figured out the truth and weren't happy. Oh and the best part. This past Saturday we were dealing with my glasses payment as it was my annual eye appointment. On the way home my mom called my grandma and let her know that we were done. She happened to metion how my dad was sending money for child support to her but, she was going to send it back to him to pay him back for the glasses as he payed. My grandma was confused at that but said "He could be covering in case you get upset". Ya want to know what my dear mother said??? "I wouldn't get upset with him". I laughed silently in my head saying 'Oh, but you would. You've done it before. What in the hell is stopping you now'. Again in my head as I didn't want her to know that I had even more dirt on her.

[@rolliebear42]

My only living grandparent died when i was 8 or 9. My Maternal grandparents both died in the 60s, my Paternal grandfather as well. Later found out Grandma W was remaired. And i had two additional aunts and an uncle from that marriage. All three were quite interesting people, very active in multiple sports, one aunt was a sailboat racer, the other a competitive climer, the uncle was a speedboat racer who also test drove new outboard motors for several manufacturers. Haven't even gotten to the interesting part... My sister recently told me its very likely Grandma W "Unalived" her first husband. My maternal grandfather died of a "stroke" or so I was told, sister told me the truth about his alcoholism and liver failure. My mom hated my grandmother, from what ive pieced together she was abusive, and had serious mental health problems. Theres a lot more, the cousins that are probably half siblings of my aunts, were children from Grandma Ws first husband's previous marriage. My dads full siblings (aunt, uncle) got land to build a house (actually three on one property) my dad got bupkis. Even got screwed out of the familys shared cabin. Ah, the things you learn when you're finally old enough.

[@66DoodleGal]

Only family secret I know is that my mom’s oldest brother was killed by his friend when he was 20, apparently they were having a political argument. She was 6 at the time and barely remembers him. So I had an uncle that I never will meet and I stay away from politics

[@shaneh6707]

idk man, if my grandpa got my bullies beaten within an inch of their lives that would be my favorite grandpa lmao

[@janiexoxo]

Turns out my oldest great uncle and aunt are my grandfather’s half siblings. They’re all dead now but it’s mostly likely their dad is also their grandfather. So that was “fun” to discover.

[@dragons_breath.]

Hello, hope everyone is having a good day!

[@HelloOtherFellowHumans]

You too

[@MrPaws54]

You too 👍

[@serenity1378]

OK if it takes a diagnosis for teachers to respect children and not verbally abuse them *they are bad teachers, and bad people*. So much of what we put in place for disabled kids *would help every child* and the fact that we have to go out of our way to help disabled kids because the system is full of toxic behaviours and horrible people is exhausting.

[@bkthebee9940]

Bro people are living the most juicy lives. Getting ready to gossip with my bestie

[@Jinx-Mars]

Not exactly a secret, but my uncle is in an open relationship, and actively trying to commit tax fraud (my mom and grandma are tax agents) they both refuse to help him, as they cut him off for his relationship choices. I can’t say I don’t agree with them cutting him off, because I do, at the time his wife came out at Bi, and so he basically stopped talking to her because of it, and instead he got a girlfriend who moved in with them. I disagree with the reason for their relationship being open, but then he also tried to justify that, by saying I was gay (out as lesbian at the time to only my parents) and he was going to tell my grandparents, who at the time where known to us as homophobic, everything turned out fine, but I refuse to talk to him, for basically outing me to someone who could have very well cut me off because of it

[@princedorado6368]

Story 1. OP is too nice.

[@michugachavideos420]

The grandpa in the first story is awesome

[@marleneperry6972]

Yep, natives were and still are constantly berated for being native. Both parents went through boarding school....horrible places.

[@Trestin13]

Holy crap, I have family from Slovakia where the records list some of the villages as Austria-Hungary. So from that far back.

[@ahhno4662]

I would like to say to the narrator: nice nail varnish 👍

[@benjaminfoley919]

I can really related to the ADHD thing, I found out at 39. Still havnt had a moment to have some time to think about it, but its emotionally exhausting.

[@psycake1310]

My family keeps a tight lid on this, as in it never gets mentioned.. Ever, since I was ten years old. At that point in my life, I was questioning a lot of things about myself. I was having a hard time in school, and with my insecurities, I kept wondering if me being in my parent's life was a constant strain on them.. Yes, I was having these thoughts at ten years of age. Err, anyways, my father once sat me down one day outside of his current place of work in his truck, and told me a brief story. Several years before my sister was born, both he and my mother were trying for kids. While she got pregnant, with twins, she ended up having a miscarriage, tragically losing both children in the progress. This was, as one might expect, a very traumatizing experience for her. They did not try for kids again for at least another four years. This is such a tightly guarded detail, that I don't think that even my older sister was told this story. There could be a few reasons for that, however, but out of respect, I never mention this incident to either of them. Instead, I have chosen to be grateful for the life they have given me.

[@josiegipson90]

Story 1. I'm curious how old grandpa is. Not judging Pops past. Couldnt careless what he did or to who. I'm judging OPs sense of what a long time ago is. If Pop was offing people for cheap back in 80s I'm gonna be a bit mad because the 80s was not a long time ago.

[@kathryndunn8052]

My grandfather was Bernie Madoff before Bernie Madoff was a household name. I’m foggy on the details but he traded stocks through his trading company in Jamaica “off the floor” and lost/pocketed millions of dollars. On top of that, he cheated on my grandmother for years and is now married to the mistress, who was also an accomplice but threw him under the bus. He was found out by my mother’s law firm and was confirmed by my mother saying, “Really, my father-in-law is a stock trader out of that area. I didn’t know there were two!” She tried to help in the case but she was shut out due to conflict of interest. It also didn’t help that my father worked for him and could be implicated despite him claiming he knew nothing about it. My father ended up being persuaded to take more responsibility than he should have by my grandmother and my aunts to protect my grandfather’s name and allow him to “take care of” my grandmother (said after my grandmother found out her husband was cheating). My grandfather did everything he could to protect himself and his assets, even leaving my father to pay for my aunt’s college tuition. This was all while they were starting their lives as newlyweds, budding professionals getting on their feet, and first-time parents. My grandfather escaped with his mistress to Florida and made so little effort to know his grandchildren that I didn’t recognize him at my grandmother’s funeral (he apparently sat right next to me).

[@BizzyJ1987]

I have 2 stories so here goes. 1) I was probably 22 at the time when my mom was going to a family reunion. It was on her mother's side so I went with her and met some relatives that I never knew. I only saw my grandparents and one of my mothers cousins who I knew as a school teacher and no one else. After leaving my mom mentioned a guy who turns out to be her uncle and he is queer. Never knew that I had had a gay uncle. 2) This is when I was 15. I found a piece of paper that my older brother had written on and it said that my dad use to be abusive to my mom. My told me the truth about it and said that my dad had cracked her shins with a bed frame, broke her nose, and punched her in the stomach when she was 6 months pregnant with me. I haven't seen my dad in a little over 20 years.

[@mangostripes2335]

My uncle had an affair and started a new life with the "other" woman. This ended in quite the family divide, and his two children from his first marriage were definitely left on the backburner. Particularly the elder of the two kids, as he was deemed the less bright and worthy of the two. In reality he had learning difficulties and never had the help he needed, resulting in him struggling with responsibilities and school. My uncle using his new step-daughter (she was studying medicine) as an excuse, took his hair and paternity tested him under the guise that it was part of one of her modules. I can't imagine what he would have done if it came back negative. This man had been the cheater, not his former wife. He had neglected his childs' needs, and now if something as simple as DNA would have said so he would have discarded my poor cousin completely. Despite the fact he had raised him for 18 years, he would have thrown that relationship away entirely or disinherited him so his new family could have more money. Honestly I'm not sure how many family members know, but I reckon most of them. Really breaks my heart every time I see that cousin who still thinks it was an innocent experiment.

[@Paynrr01]

It’s not really a secret, my dad just hasn’t told my younger siblings yet. My paternal Grandparents have a habit of screwing over family members through inheritance. When my grandfather’s parents died they collected my dad and uncle’s portions and kept them for themselves, they were in elementary school so they didn’t even know that anything was left for them until my dad turned 18 and was notified. When my grandmother’s mom died she had a lot of property and jewelry. My grandmother claimed 90% of her assets and left the remaining 10% to her deceased brothers children. My cousin asked for some of the jewelry, and my grandmother instead decided to sell most of it, the only things she didn’t sell was some of the costume jewelry and a necklace that was specifically left for me in her will. I grew up not knowing anything about my dads side of the family because of their greed.

[@The-Negative-Commentator]

Bro is a real person bro has the best speaking voice 💀

[@stevenhoward5382]

That ladies grandpa is the best.

[@brotherhoodofsteel4751]

My dad is convinced his ex brother-in-law faked his death. Context: My dad's first marriage was to a girl from a wealthy family who was disinherited and joined the army where they met. After getting out she patched things up with her family because she had gotten her life on track and joined in on the family's business. Her brother was the type who didn't really care about the family business and would usually go off on his own adventures. A good example of this is He hitchhiked to a random coastal town and spent a year there working at a bakery and renting the apartment above it from the owner of the bakery. spent his time off just fishing and surfing. Anyways two major things happened in his life The first is he accidentally knocks up a daughter of another wealthy family after one night stand. The second is that he's involved in a boat accident that killed someone and besides the impending investigation family of the person killed was suing him. Not long after this he's flying to the Bahamas to check on some of the family's business assets there (he had a pilot's license for small planes) when the plane crashes into the ocean and he's declared dead. Reasons why my dad thinks he faked his death. 1. His body was never found in the wreckage. 2. He had brought his scuba gear with him on the plane. 3. He also was an avid free diver. 4. His sister my dad's wife at the time was trying to take over the company but he had more shares than her. After his death she shortly took over as their father passed away and the mother sold the share to the daughter and retired. 5. Shortly after his disappearance My dad's wife went to the Bahamas to sell one of their boats for some reason. Should also make more frequent trips there for seemingly no reason. My dad's personal belief is that he faked his death to escape all the legal issues he was facing with the help of his sister in exchange for his share of the company and that he's now just living in Bahamas on his sailboat.

[@YourParentalFigureThatLeft]

TW : Abuse I learned that my mother's mom was abusive. She had brain cancer but would often beat my mother. We'll call her Sue. Sue died when my mom was 10, I wouldn't say luckily; but I'm glad the abuse stopped then. The absolute worst part would be that my mother's dad wouldn't divorce her despite knowing about the abuse. He's a pastor and would lose the job that *didn't even pay* him if he divorced her. I get it, he's passionate; but he would continue abuse for something so selfish.

[@thedarkdragon1437]

unfortunately, when curse does exist, breaking it, or burrying it.... it will take a huge toll

[@NewYawkahBroad]

My father"s grandmother and my mother"s grandfather were siblings(2nd cousins) My family tree is a wreath.

[@motherof2dragons778]

Story 11 - me too but actually the Sicilian....we don't discuss it but yeah...

[@winteryuki_onna8172]

I only have possibly family secret stories about my family. 1#: The day that my cousin/brother-figure went to visit his mother, uncle and cousin, would be the last time I saw him alive. He was out on the lake on top of a boat with his uncle and cousin drinking beers, I'm guessing either he fell over bore the boat because he was drunk or someone decide to turn on the boat and he fell off. But it ends the same, he hit his heads on the rocks after falling off, went unconscious under water and die from drowning. My mom, father, aunt and ex-uncle got the call from police that he was missing and they were searching for him on the lake/river. Days later, his body was found at the end of the lake. When my parents came back, they told me and my twin that he was staying with his parents and wasn't coming back home. I guess my PTSD block out how he really die and thought he pass away from natural causes. Then my mom told my therapist how he actually die cause by a dumb person action resulting in his death and I thought my mom never told me. 2#: When I got sick as a kid, after trying to get a ball from a baby at the school, I contracted Scarlet Fever from a baby who had Scarlet Fever, been out of school for possibly 1 or 2 weeks. Mom never told me that I got Scarlet Fever from the kid, just said I got a bad virus from him. Years later, when I was telling the story how I got a virus to my nieces and nephews (I think), mom told me that I never got a bad virus, I contracted Scarlet Fever.

[@Christaffo]

First story, she shouldn't feel bad. Violence is the only language such bullies understand, sadly.

[@Dmar2buff]

Does the king respond ?????

[@slayer731]

Story 1: can your grandpa be my grandpa?

[@aimeeprincessofpower]

4:24 the reason she wasn't told this for plausible deniability

[@michellewest4796]

As a later known autistic myself, the whole "I didn't want you to feel weird and be ostracized" argument in story 12 is fucked up. We know we're weird. The other kids know we're weird. We're ostracized anyway. Knowing why we're weird is a huge relief. I'm slowly letting go of all the things I blamed myself for not doing well enough as a kid. I know now that many things I harbored as personal flaws and burdens are actually completely normal for neurodivergent people and can be accommodated. Don't hide that shit from kids. They know they're different.

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

I was finally diagnosed as Aspergian at 38 myself (now 49). I totally get the relief and vindication that comes with *_finally_* knowing that you are actually different!

[@scottytoast5]

Only i know about this, i havent told my mother or my stepdad. I got curious about my biological dad (hes a deadbeat, messaged him once on my 18th and he still refused to pay child support so yeah) and started digging. He wouldnt talk, but his parents did. Apparently, his moms side is german, my grandmother was a guard for camps, and my grandfather was russian, involved in the storming of berlin, and afterwards somehow got to the UK and had my dad and all of their other children.

[@emilydonut3262]

My Big Family Secret actually scares people when I tell them. The Big Secret in my family is that my Father 5 legitimate kids to my mother and 6 illegitimate kids to 6 random woman he slept with before he met my mother 😅😅 and yes he paid his child support

[@Solarthestar]

I didn't find it out, my grandmother on my moms side found out after fifty years or so, she was adopted by her family on her moms side not even by law, people thought she was dead, it was just to keep her away from her father, a rich guy or something like that.

[@Motolmang]

that grandpa is fucking awesome

[@mizu_the_floatzel]

My jaw dropped with story 1 if I had a grandparent who was a hit man well I'll ask him to teach me his ways mmmmm just to keep the the training alive in the family My brains hurts from story 7 I thought my family was crazy this .... Nope this wins

[@fakeperson9788]

A long time family secret wasn’t revealed until I was 21. My aunt gave up her second child for adoption. It wasn’t until she (lost cousin) decided to find us, that the family secret came out. Even my cousins didn’t know they had another sister. Another secret is a distant cousin of mine was a serial killer. I won’t say who, but yes he was caught and our family has buried the secret against outsiders.

[@serenity1378]

Family secrets in my family that I only learned (or shared, where I was directly involved) as an adult: Dad's side: Dad has a desire for young girls. Ones way *too* young. Was groomed first hand but never, uh, entered - found his illegal material in a hidden folder on his computer. He also cheated during their entire marriage with anyone in a skirt that would give him attention. His brother - my uncle - took his own life. The family pretends it was a car accident. Said uncle was incredibly violent with all of his partners. The family paid them all off with hush money. Said uncle is suspected of having touched his young daughters, too. His mother - my grandmother - escaped East Berlin the day before the wall went up. My grandfather used to threaten her with divorce (and thus, deportation back to east Germany) if she didn't do what she was told. Mums side: Her father cheated in her mother twice. With the same woman. Once when they were all in their 70s. Said woman stalked the family after the first time, sitting out front in her car and threatening the kids. He has a lot of PTSD (that he refuses to acknowledge) from his time in the RAF. The only time anyone has seen a glimpse of it was during a trip to Cyprus, where he started crying - traditional "men don't cry, stiff upper lip" toxic masculinity type person - and couldn't stop himself talking about seeing his friends on those streets mowed down by machine gun fire. I'm sure there's a lot more I haven't been told or I'm forgetting. Not only are there secrets in every family but, as you might imagine from the ones I do know, my family is particularly messed up and secretive. Edit: Oh I just realized all my ex-spouses have super dark secrets themselves, do they count as family? 🤔

[@octopusprobably5544]

Holy cow I am so early.

[@ladyshino4041]

It isn't really a secret (at least I don't think so because my mom was surprise I didn't know about it). For context: my uncle from my mother side has been married to my aunt for a long time and I always had the feeling that something was off, that my uncle seemed more like a servant than a husband. I talked to my mother about it before but she never told that a few years into his marriage he had an affair, now, like I said my uncle behaves like a dog/servant so I was quite shock about the whole thing. So yeah, he had an affair with a co-worker for years, he talked to my mom about it (she helped him with everything) and eventually he wanted to divorced my aunt, my mom supports him, and when everything was ready my uncle BACKED OFF, why you ask? Because at the same time all of this is taking place, my aunt and uncle were doing the paperwork to adopt my cousin (who very recently was almost taken by the police). Conclusion? Despite my uncle unhappiness and my aunt's antics he broke it off with his partner and told everything to my aunt, not happy with that HE THREW MY MOTHER UNDER THE BUSS, when a tell he told her everything I mean he spilled the tea, the beans and every single little thing. This only gave my aunt another reason to hate on my mom and her revenge on my uncle was a hell of a marriage that it's still ongoing. My opinion? He deserves It, I love my uncle but he did not only hurt his partner and himself but also my aunt, if you are unhappy and want a divorce, fine, but he cheated, try to divorce her, and when he realised he was putting a child in the middle of everything then he backed off. He threw my mom with him and hurt a lot of people in the process, what goes around comes around.

[@andrewlanglois6362]

8:10 Sounds just like my Grandma. I wonder if this story poster's grandma was the sister of mine, or if I'm the autistic brother.

[@miss.dannitiger]

3:00 😮

[@Byorgan]

my Story is not that interesting in comparison to all of these but I have one. when I was in the single digits I am 16 now and found this outa couple months ago anyways when I was in the single digits apparently my parents and my only living grandparents got in to a huge argument. so my parents were not raising me and my older brother to be super religious my grandparents wanted us to be. raised that way. this is what the argument was about eventually apparently my grandmother sent an email to both my parents say things along the lines of "you are raising your children to be horrible people." so my dad decided to reply with an email that I was told wasn't particularly rude or anything but I don't remember what exactly he said. at this my mom Is refusing to speak to her parents at this point so my dad is the only point of contact. so a week later my dad gets a call from my grandfather. and my grandfather told and my dad had a some what civil discussion and it ends with my dad learning my Grandmother had I believe breast cancer. so my dad convince my mom to talk to them and learns this information well everyone was on speaking terms again but my grandparents never actually apologized to my parents. what I have learned thought is that my family is the black sheep of the family because we aren't religious to everyone else's standards. so that's fun anyways if you took the time to read this thanks and I hope you have a wonderful day.

[@33pandagamer]

So is a big family secret: 1) a family secret that is big or 2) a big family's secret?

[@nonyabizz9390]

Story one: Hey, grandpa used to kill people. Actually kill people. He just had these guys roughed up to teach them a lesson. They had gotten physically abusive of OP, and grandpa didn't even mess them up enough that they couldn't return to school. Sometimes, violence is a viable answer. But so is restraint. Considering grandpa's past? And it was his own grandchild affected? He showed a lot of restraint. OK, my story, also about my grandfather: My grandfather (born in 1920, passed many years ago) was adopted. What we're not supposed to know is that he was adopted by his biological father. From what I understand, his father (who may have been married, I don't know) had an affair, and when the baby was born, he couldn't, for whatever reason, own up to having gotten the girl pregnant, and instead made things right by adopting the kid. I THINK the girl he got pregnant was a cousin (maybe a second cousin, don't think a first cousin) but I'm not sure. Grandpa died when I was 6, in the 80s, and I never met my great-grandparents, as they had passed before I was born. No one left to ask, so it just sort of got forgotten about over time. I am one of 29 (!) grandchildren on that side of the family, and I think less than a half-dozen of us know, or have any inkling, about this. Same grandfather was a troubled man. Severe mental health issues, in a time where they generally were not recognized. He had a breakdown in the late 60s, and took his service revolver (he had been a cop for a short time) and, in uniform, tried to rob the gas station a literal stones throw away from his house. All I know of that situation was that no one was hurt. Never been told anything else about how that played out.

[@justsomeguy6841]

First one, my only comment being: "We can't expect God to do all the work."

[@kellykissinger6178]

When I was 13 a 21 year old man I had met at the mall followed me home and then kept showing up with flowers and other gifts...he would wait for my mom to go to work one night he tried to force me into sex...I made him leave told my mother the next day...I saw him at the mall a couple of days later he was beat up and on cruches...as soon as he saw me he freaked out and ran as fast as he could...my mama had some biker friends that I didn't know about...so yeah my mama was crazier than I thought... Lol

[@samuelmatheson9655]

4:00 Based Grandfather

[@thesuperdk513]

Story 4: The irony of him dying of aids.

[@Supernova2464]

I thought mine was crazy… never mind

[@02ujtb00626]

*not jon, his partner, we share an account* I have one but I am not sure if it is a secret or not. My birth mother's husband, of which they had 2 sons (my half brothers) died in a car accident. Her clinical depression got the best of her and she went really low. She ended up sleeping with her friend (acquaintance?), which resulted in me. At some point before I was born CPS decided she couldn't look after her kids because of her depression (not sure what else), so they were taken away. She also decided she couldn't take care of me either and put me up for adoption (which I am grateful for, I have wonderful parents and a good life. No salty feelings there.) The thing I don't know is a secret or not is whether or not my brothers know about me. I don't know how early or late in her pregnancy with me they were taken away. Sadly, as this was in Kentucky in 1983, my records are sealed or I would have tried finding them years ago. I ended up being raised in Massachusetts in case my story sounds familiar to anyone.

[@TFI610]

me and my friend are related to the same pedo

[@janiexoxo]

Story one: god works in mysterious ways

[@Icalasari]

Metis is pronounced mey-tee, just as a future note

[@Neagwejeagwe6975]

500th vid

[@bobbobbington3615]

I disagree. The grandfather having those guys stomped was a good thing, for everyone involved. Those guys would have progressively gotten worse, later in life, eventually harming others seriously... this nipped a serious problem in the bud.

[@nmarques91]

ooo

[@scotishjohn]

😮keex theu alki=s

[@shamma1357]

Just tell the stories, bro.

[@cc619]

In the first video I think violence was well warranted, being constantly stalked and harassed verbally and physically, the stress from it could easily negatively impact their life, possibly affecting how others view and treat them, possibly giving trauma even if they don’t realize until later and they started getting physical which is alarming especially since nobody would help, who knows how much further they would have gone if the grandfather didn’t have them beat up. What if they became more and more physically abusive or even SA them. They’re dangerous