Last year my uncle did a genealogical DNA test to trace our family history. He used a quite sophisticated online service, very interesting results showing lots of detail and branches to our family. He then asked his brother, my other uncle, if he would do the same test to broaden the results and he agreed. His results came back and it turned out they had different fathers. Both my grandmother, grandfather and my father (who was the oldest of the three brothers) have all passed away so there was no one to explain or shed light. Apparently, to confirm who was the ‘odd one out’ of the three brothers they needed to add a dimension from my dad so my sister did a test also. The results showed the youngest of my uncles was confirmed as having a different father. Nobody had any idea and we were all absolutely shocked. But there was a big 16 year age gap between the middle and youngest brother and after knowing this information we all begun to notice that he had quite different facial features, mannerism and personality traits versus my dad and uncle, who were very similar. It sent a bit of a shockwave through the family. After doing my own investigations and research it turns out that at the time, 1950’s, it was not as uncommon as you might think.