Sometimes, secrets don't make it all the way to the grave.
"My mom never knew her dad, as she was result of a one-night stand back in the early '60s. My nan came from a conservative family, so it was a bit of a scandal. She was going to give my mom up, but her own mother said no way and raised her herself."
"My nan always lied about who my mom's dad was, saying he was a horrible person and going as far as to give him a cartoon character's name, thinking it would make it hard to ever look him up. On her deathbed, she confessed she actually didn't know who he was, and that he was one of a few sailors who were at the port when my mom was conceived."My grandma confessed to cheating on her husband, and she encouraged my mother to do the same.""Before my grandma passed, she told us she hated being married and raising kids."
"She said she wanted to do so many things she could never do, but that she still loved everyone more than anything."My dad grew up thinking his mom committed suicide when he was 10. When my grandfather passed away about a decade ago, he confessed to my dad on his deathbed that he had actually killed my grandmother.""My grandmother was born in Cuba, and when she came to the US, she would cash her social security checks and keep them in a pot under her bed.
"My uncle told us that the final week she was in the hospital, she kept telling him to check in the oven but gave no context as to why. Well, when my mom and I opened the oven door, we found a trash bag taped under one of the racks.Tap to play or pause GIFAnd finally:"My grandmother told all of the 'kids' that she had a tattoo of the outline of Texas on her ass. The nurse in the room burst out laughing and confirmed that it was true.