'My husband took a paternity test and isn't the father of our daughter but I never cheated'
The secret DNA test turned the woman's life upside-down - and not in a way many would expect.
When it comes to relationships, trust can be incredibly difficult to rebuild once it's been broken - and without trust, a relationship is on shaky ground.
A woman has shared her marital turmoil after finding out her husband secretly took a paternity test because he doubted he was their daughter's biological father.
The results were negative, meaning he is not the girl's dad, causing him to lose faith in his wife as he believed she had had an affair. Despite the accusations, the wife insisted she has remained faithful and that her husband is the only man who could be the father of their five year old child.
The mother's shocking story was disclosed in a Reddit post that quickly spread across social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube, reports the Mirror.
On Reddit's Relationships forum, she wrote: "My husband got a paternity test on our daughter and it came back negative, but I never cheated. Now he thinks our relationship is a lie and wants to divorce.
"I don't know how it happened and I haven't been able to stop crying all day. I never cheated. I love my husband, we've been together since college and he's the love of my life, he's handsome and kind.
"While I've slept with two other people, both were before we got together. There is no other potential father for our daughter. We were married already and actively trying for a baby.
"I never cheated, I never would cheat, and I don't know why he took that stupid test because I would never, ever cheat, but it came back negative and now he thinks he's not her dad. I don't know how to convince him it was a faulty test and I'm so scared."
The woman explained that her partner had been acting differently following the revelation and had been accusing her of cheating. In order to prove her innocence, she took a DNA test herself.
But in a shocking twist, the results turned her world upside-down. Updating her post, the woman said: "We did a few tests. Blood paternity tests for him and me, and our daughter.
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"We had an appointment with a chimerism specialist coming up, but that got cancelled because, well, some of you guessed it, but my daughter is not biologically mine either."
That bombshell has sparked huge changes in the woman's life, from lawsuits to terrifying fears. She said: "I don't know how this happened, but a police officer came to our house and took our statements, and we're suing the hospital where I gave birth.
"I don't know what happened to my baby, and that is terrifying. I have my husband back, but my whole world was still upended, and I just wish he'd never taken that stupid test.
"I've been sleeping in my daughter's room, and I'm so afraid that she's going to be taken away from me, but at the same time I want to know where my biological daughter is, and if she's okay. I pray to God she's okay."
Readers were left astounded by the story, with one commenting: "I thought he was looking to leave her and he lied about the test."
Another commented in disbelief: "WHAT THE F**K...? This is not the update I expected, not in a million years."
A different user remarked: "There was an IVF case like this recently. The mothers actually gave birth to the other woman's embryo. So it was also the child they birthed."