Armchair Anonymous: Family Secret
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What family secret is revealed in this episode?
Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dax Shepard. I'm joined by Lily Padman. Family secrets.
Juicy, juicy.
Family secrets are dangerous.
One was so juicy they didn't even show up.
So juicy they pulled a no-show on us. That's right.
But the others, yeah.
Yeah. Family secrets are fun.
There's a really fun one in here I've retold.
Yes, there's a really repeat-worthy one in this one. Please enjoy, because your own are hard to enjoy.
So enjoy other people's family secrets.
Hello.
You seem to be at work. Are you at work?
I am at work. Today is, of course... Of all times, it's like an annual huge celebration where I work. And so it would be noticed if I were missed. So we're making it work.
An annual celebration. That sounds like a fun place to work.
It is a great place to work. I'm keeping it kind of vague there. But yeah, it's a big annual celebration, kind of celebrating how well we did like the previous year. And yes, they treat us very well.
As long as it's not to honor the founder. That kind of yearly celebration might be dicey.
The founder's birthday.
Yeah, yeah. Like everyone has to celebrate the founder.
It's about the people that work here and nothing but good things. That sounds beautiful.
Lovely. And are you allowed to tell us what part of the country you're in?
Absolutely. I am in Arizona with Justin Sedona. Thought of you guys and your love for that space as well.
I have a lot of affinity for Tucson as well. We used to have a lot of car shows out there and we would always stay at the same hotel. It was very desert landscape in the back patio. It felt like a movie set. And there's mountains in the background. It's lovely there.
Most things I can agree with you on that one. I'm not going to. If you're a native to Arizona, which both my husband and I are, you're not usually a fan of Tucson unless you want to go away. Then you have to get like indoctrinated into saying good things about Tucson.
Right, right, right. OK, so you have a family secret story.
I sure do. So first I have to give credit to my niece, Jossie, way back when she used to do my lashes of like non-consensually sitting there listening to you guys. So anyone that sat in her chair is an arm cherry. But over the years, hearing all of the prompts and the stories, I'm like, oh God, I hope one pops up for this because it's such a, I think, bizarre story. At least it's felt bizarre for me because it's like an onion and I've peeled back the layers starting at like age 12 and to even like as of a year ago. Oh, exciting.
Oh, wow, wow, wow.
Late 1900s or really 1997, 1998. I'm in middle school biology class and we're learning about dominant recessive traits. Big R, little r, you're doing your pun at square and the assignment is to go home and find out what your mom's blood type is, your dad's blood type, put yours in there. It should all make sense. The math didn't math on that for me, which probably teachers hadn't thought about that in this age of like what happens when my kind of case comes up. So as an only child to older parents, my first thought was like, Maybe I'm adopted. I go to my mom and I ask her, hey, mom, just curious, am I adopted?
Can I ask a quick question?
Yeah.
When you asked dad for his blood type, was it, oh, yeah, oh, positive. And when you asked mom, mom was like, did you detect any hesitation on mom's part with cooperating with this?
Great question. So I think she was the first one to be like, oh, neg. And then my dad came around and he just didn't really... think much of it just said it really quick so when I asked my mom that question she like paused and then she started to cry which really freaked me out and she goes why would you ask me that and I was like well It's either that or you cheated on dad. So I was just going with the best of two. She starts crying and tells me your dad and I had fertility issues and we ended up going to a sperm donor. And she was like, you know, your dad just was never very interested in sex and he was done with doctors touching him. So we went the sperm donor route, but we were assured that it was a credible donor.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What family secret is revealed in this episode?
0:00–6:18
2
How did the guest discover their family secret?
6:18–12:07
3
What challenges did the guest face after discovering their family secret?
12:07–16:54
4
What was the reaction of the family to the guest's discovery?
16:54–22:04
5
How did the guest's family history impact their relationships?
22:04–26:47
6
What surprising connections were made through DNA testing?
26:47–30:30
7
How did the guest's mother's past influence her present?
30:30–35:50
8
What lessons can be learned about family secrets and connections?
35:50–39:58