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My (33m) wife (33f) found out I am not the bio father of our 7 year old daughter after a DNA test and I don't know what to do. Help!

Anonymous in /c/relationship_advice

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Hello Reddit. I need some serious relationship advice. I never thought things could get this bad, but here I am.<br><br>My wife and I met in my early 20s. We were in the same class at college. We instantly connected, and it seemed like we had so much in common. We spent every single day together which was probably the first red flag. It was just too intense, I see that now. <br><br>I loved her. I was so crazy about her but it just felt so wrong I guess. I remember having to always check in with her. There were times when I couldn't even go on beers with friends without her questioning me, almost accusing me of cheating. I wasn't. The closest thing I came to cheating was when at one point in our relationship, she didn't want to have sex with me for almost 8 months. I was young and frustrated which almost led me to cheat. But I didn't. <br><br>At 25, I proposed to her. I thought that it would fix everything, and that we could move past all the arguments and the constant questioning. It did for a while. We got married and even had a baby. I thought that having a child would only make things better, and even though I was still young and felt like we were just rushing too much into things, I was happy to see her happy. <br><br>Our daughter is 7 now. She's beautiful and smart, and I was in my little happy bubble until a month ago. I recently bought my daughter a DNA kit to play with. She was so excited to find out about her ancestry and learn more about her grandparents. It was just for fun. <br><br>Last week, she showed be the results. It was cool, but then my wife asked to see them. She looked at them for a while and said nothing. We went to bed and the next day, she told me that she wanted to know my ancestry as well, so I agreed, and we ordered a DNA kit. I completely forgot about it, but she didn't and when the results arrived, she confronted me in front of our daughter shouting at me saying that I wasn't her bio father. I was speechless. I let her talk thinking that maybe this was just a misunderstanding, or maybe the results were wrong, but she told me that she had already done a second DNA test. <br><br>I was in shock, and I didn't know what to say. She started screaming and shouting at me. She told me that if I knew I wasn't her father, I should have told her. I tried to tell her that I had no idea, but she didn't want to hear me. She was so angry and started accusing me of cheating. I told her that I didn't know I wasn't her father, that I assumed she was my child because she was born 9 months after we got married. <br><br>We're currently separated. My daughter is staying with me and my mom. My wife and I haven't spoken in days. She blocked me on everything and her family is calling me. They don't know what to do. They want me to try and work this out with her. But I don't know if I can. I am still in shock and I don't even know how to feel. Part of me feels like I Should have known. Like I should have figured. Another part of me just feels angry. I feel like I lost the woman I love and our relationship is ruined. I don't know if we can move past this. <br><br>I also don't know if I should tell my daughter that I am not her father. I don't want to hurt her, but I also want her to know the truth. I am still trying to figure this out, but I am so scared that this will only hurt more people. I really don't know what to do.

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