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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Funfetti_Spaghettio on 2025-07-23 18:48:35+00:00.

this is my second account since this is crazy.

I recently got married and I went to my folks yesterday to add the pics to our albums. when I went to the basement to grab the family albums, I ended up just flipping through out of curiosity, and noticed a guy I didn’t recognize in a LOT of the pictures.

my mom has a huge family so I don’t know everyone, but this guy was in photos of just her, her parents, and my late aunt.

the weirdest was a Christmas card that had everyone’s names on it. the naming system in our culture is complex, but you only share a last name with your mother and siblings (unless you get married and change it), not with cousins, grandparents, etc. Well this guy was listed on the card and had my mom’s maiden name as his last name.

my mom ended up coming in since I was taking so long and I asked her who it was and she tried to say she didn’t know. I kept pushing and then she got upset and left.

my dad asked when happened and I showed him the picture and he immediately looked uncomfortable and told me to drop it.

well after a LOT of nagging (like, hours) he told me. that guy is my mom’s older brother who is serving life in prison. my dad refused to say more because it’d upset my mom, and my mom is ignoring me, which is really unlike her - she’s very communication orientated.

I have an older brother and I haven’t even told him yet since this is so insane I feel like I’m dreaming. how could they keep something like this from me for so long? especially since he was in pictures where my mom was a teen, and her and my dad started dating around that time so that must mean my dad knows him too right?

anyway it’s been a day and my mom is still not talking to me, this is seriously so weird.

TL;DR: accidentally discovered mom’s secret brother (who’s in prison) and she’s upset.