John Brennan

I remember just wanting to get, like, something official. Show me some paperwork. Show me something. Let me see proof. Not just some random guy on the phone telling me that I'm the father. I don't know who this guy is. Who's telling me this?

I remember just wanting to get, like, something official. Show me some paperwork. Show me something. Let me see proof. Not just some random guy on the phone telling me that I'm the father. I don't know who this guy is. Who's telling me this?

And yeah, at the very bottom, it just says 99.97% match. And I'm like, all right, well, hey, that seems pretty official.

And yeah, at the very bottom, it just says 99.97% match. And I'm like, all right, well, hey, that seems pretty official.

As soon as I saw those test results, it was like a line in the sand immediately. Right then and there, things just changed. My priorities changed, my perspective, my outlook on things changed. Everything I did was now geared towards building a life and building a future for this child.

As soon as I saw those test results, it was like a line in the sand immediately. Right then and there, things just changed. My priorities changed, my perspective, my outlook on things changed. Everything I did was now geared towards building a life and building a future for this child.

I'm like, all right, I guess Christmas is the time I'm going to introduce her to the whole family. So bring her to my family Christmas with probably 30 family members that have never heard of her, never had any knowledge of her existence. My family's super Christian and just this isn't like the traditional way of doing things. So it was difficult for sure.

I'm like, all right, I guess Christmas is the time I'm going to introduce her to the whole family. So bring her to my family Christmas with probably 30 family members that have never heard of her, never had any knowledge of her existence. My family's super Christian and just this isn't like the traditional way of doing things. So it was difficult for sure.

I didn't know that.

I didn't know that.

What did you get at a grandma's show?

What did you get at a grandma's show?

So I was actually really excited about the part where you get to get behind the wheel of the car and drive 100 miles an hour with your girl in labor. That part sounded like a lot of fun, but never got to do that.

So I was actually really excited about the part where you get to get behind the wheel of the car and drive 100 miles an hour with your girl in labor. That part sounded like a lot of fun, but never got to do that.

I had the little scissors and cut the umbilical cord and the whole thing.

I had the little scissors and cut the umbilical cord and the whole thing.

I'm alone with 10 doctors in a room with a screaming baby.

I'm alone with 10 doctors in a room with a screaming baby.

I've probably held a baby one time in my entire life up until that point, so I don't even really know what I'm doing. One of the doctors picked up the baby and just kind of handed it to me, and they're instructing me on, all right, here's where the head goes. It's just us two.

I've probably held a baby one time in my entire life up until that point, so I don't even really know what I'm doing. One of the doctors picked up the baby and just kind of handed it to me, and they're instructing me on, all right, here's where the head goes. It's just us two.