Family secrets can ruin even the most peaceful relationships.

This teenager tried to connect with her birth father’s side of the family, but she was immediately shut down.

Her father told her to “disappear” from their lives.

But instead, she chose to reveal the long-buried affair to the current spouses of her parents.

Read the full story below to find out more.

AITA for ruining both my parents marriages for disowning me?

I am the by-product of my parents’ extramarital affair.

Both of them had spouses at the time.

My birth mother got pregnant and had to tell her husband, as he was overseas when I was conceived.

So there was no way I was his.

This teenager was raised by her grandparents when she was small.

A few months after I was born, they decided not to divorce.

I was given to my grandparents on my mother’s side to raise.

My birth father secretly paid child support without his wife’s knowledge.

Both my parents had other children.

My dad’s side knows nothing about me, but my siblings on my mum’s side were told that I am adopted by my grandparents.

She wanted to get to know her dad more, but he told her not to contact him.

Recently, I decided that I wanted to know more about my dad’s family.

So I sent a friend request to one of my siblings and my dad so I could get to know him.

He freaked out and contacted my birth mum.

They asked to speak to me over Skype.

They both told me that they couldn’t risk staying in contact with me.

They told me that they were going no-contact and to please respect it and move on with my life.

She revealed her parents’ secret to both sides.

Well, I did pretty much the opposite.

I contacted my dad’s wife and shared screenshots of our conversations and told her everything.

She is now divorcing him.

On my mother’s side, I told both my siblings, who then went on to tell extended family, including her husband’s side.

Now, they are separated and my siblings hate my mother.

Now, she feels guilty for hurting both families.

Currently, my siblings on both sides have had their lives upturned.

After the satisfaction wore off, I feel like I unnecessarily hurt them through my parents.

AITA for ruining my parents’ marriages?

Let’s check out the comments of other people on this story.

Here’s an honest opinion from this user.

This one makes a valid point.

This person understands why she did what she did.

The body would eventually float to the surface, says this one.

Finally, this one admits they can do something worse.

Sometimes, opening a can of worms releases an entire explosion of family drama.

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