Rory Feek’s The daughter, Hopie Feek, recently announced on social networks that she revealed that she was not her biological father.
After passing the DNA test through 23Andme, Hopie revealed that she and the 59-year-old musician were not biologically connected, adding that she discovered who her biological father was, calling him “BC”
Rory raised Hopie, and her sister Heidi, like a single parent, after his marriage to their mother came to an end.
To the left: Rory Feek, Jack Nicholson and Tim McGraw are several celebrities who revealed that one or more born parents did not raise. (Getty Images)
During a new interview with People magazineHopie expressed fervently because of the personal details Rory recounted in her blog post, including their conversation, which she thought was “private and honest” and objected in the way he portrayed their mother.
“My relationship with his father is broken. Not because of this new revelation, but because she refuses to go to family therapy,” Hopie told the socket.
Hopie and Rory’s story seem to be unique in Hollywood, as many of the biggest names in the industry about discovering their family history have opened in the past.
Tim McGraw and Jack Nicholson were shocked to find that the people they considered their biological parents were not really for whom they thought they were.
Here are some celebrities who spoke about how they found out about their biological relatives.
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson revealed when he was 37 that the woman he thought was his mother was really his grandmother, and the woman he believed was his sister June, in fact his biological mother. (Virginia Sherwood/NBC via Getty Images)
Jack Nicholson He found that the woman he grew up, thinking that his mother, Ethal May, was actually his grandmother and that his sister June was actually his mother in 1974, when he was 37 years old.
According to the biography of Patrick McGilligan about the actor, called “Jack’s Life”, Nicholson first learned of his true parenting when he received the invitation of a journalist in Time, who worked on his profile. After hanging out over time, the “Chinatown” actor called his son -in -law Shorty, really his uncle, for confirmation.
“Shorty, this is the most important thing I’ve ever heard,” he said, according to the biography. “The guy calls me on the phone and says my father is still alive and that Ethel May is not really my mother, that June was my mother.”
After denying him initially, Shorty handed over to Nicholson’s sister Lorraine, a really his aunt, who confirmed the news for him.
Nicholson’s mother, June, became pregnant in 1936 and gave birth to him at the age of 18 in 1937. (Joel Ryan – Well Pictures/Well Pictures via Getty Images)
While the identity of his mother was now known, Little remained known about Nicholson’s biological father, including his name, a detail that even Lorraine was unknown. The actor told Rolling Stone in 1986: “Both Grandma and mother were passed away before that special group of facts belonged to me,” so he couldn’t ask them.
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According to McGilligan’s biography, June became pregnant in 1936 and gave birth to Nicholson at the age of 18 in 1937. Then a pact was made between Ethel May, June and Lorraine never to discover that June was the real mother of the baby. Nicholson said Rolling Stone that he was “very impressed with their ability to keep a secret.”
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw revealed who his born father was after finding his birth certificate. (Paula Lobo ABC via Getty Images)
Country Music Superstar Tim McGraw He learned who his biological father was when he was 11 years old.
During the 2002 interview “Larry King Live,” McGraw shared that he was raised by the stepfather, Horace Smith, who he believed was his biological dad until he learned otherwise at the age of 11. He shared that he even went named Tim Smith by name.
“My mother held Christmas gifts in her closet. I went through the closet looking for Christmas gifts,” McGraw said in the show. “I ran into my birth certificate. That’s how I found out.”
He discovered that his born father was a professional baseball player McGrawa, someone to whom the singer was a fan.
Tim McGraw met his biological father for the first time, sadness McGraw, when he was 11 years old. They were photographed here in 1994. (Thomas S. England/Getty Images)
The singer of “humble and kind” continued to say that his mom then reached for the wolf and said that the team wanted to meet him. Then he went to one of his games in Houston and watched the field.
“It was clumsy. I was 11 years old. I was a kid. I think it was more traumatic for everyone around me than it was for me. I think it probably got a little more traumatic for me while I got a little older,” he explained is McGraw. “In fact, at 11, I saw him twice, and then I didn’t see him anymore until I was 18. I couldn’t talk to him, but once.”
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While the two did not immediately clicked, McGraw said they approached as time went on, and they remained close until the death of the former baseball player in 2004.
Liv Tyler
Liv Tyler revealed that her father was frontman Aerosmith Steven Tyler when she was young. (Valerie Macon / AFP)
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Liv Tyler grew up believing that her stepfather, musician Todd Rundgren, was her born father before learning that the daughter of frontman was Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
During the performance ”Jonathan Ross Show“In November 2015, Liv recounted the” emotional story “of the teaching of who was her father, saying” my mother was very young when she had me and there was a little confusion from where I came from. “
“I found out [Steven] He was my father, but somehow I came up with it, because he looked exactly like me, and I have a sister named Mia who is a year younger than me and I saw her standing on the stage at the concert, and she was literally like watching my twins, “she explained.” She looked exactly like me, and I looked at my mom and had tears in my eyes and somehow I put it together. “
The “Captain America Captain: The Brave New World” has since approached her born father, but she told Jonathan Ross about Rundgren, “I still consider him my father,” and said he was “such a beautiful, wonderful influence in my life. “
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Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington’s parents told her they used a sperm provider to imagine before her appearance on PBS show, “Finding her roots.” (Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penne Media via Getty Images)
Kerry Washington She learned the truth about her family history after telling her parents that she would appear in the PBS series “Finding her roots”, which helps celebrities to learn about the history of their ancestors through their DNA.
Her parents then made the decision to say “scandal” to the actress that after fighting the fertility problems when trying to try to use a sperm donor to establish a child.
The discovery brought Washington to write his memoir, “thicker than water”, saying People That it was her way of helping the journey “to understand my life so far,” and that she has what she considered “a lacking piece of” her life “.
“I really started having so much more love and compassion and understanding for my parents,” she said. “Involving this deep dive into our family history made me put myself in their shoes and think about things they had to move and what they went through and what they sacrificed. And I really felt closer to them.”
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