What in the World: Lady's 'Dead' Father Turns Out to Be Friend's Stepdad

What in the World: Lady's 'Dead' Father Turns Out to Be Friend's Stepdad

- A young woman recently headed online to share a post about how she discovered the whereabouts of her absent father

- According to the post, she spotted her father's face in her friend's status and then started asking about him and her suspicions were confirmed

- Locals found the post unbelievable and were soon sharing their thoughts about it online

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A young lady recently discovered where her father was after she spotted him in an old friend's WhatsApp status. According to her post, she saw the photo and started asking about the familiar man who looked just like her dad. She had heard he had supposedly died years ago.

What in the World: Lady's "Dead" Dad Turns Out to Be Friend's Step Dad
This woman discovered her long-lost dad was alive and living in her friend's house as a stepdad. Image: @sinethep1nk
Source: Twitter
"I'm so confused. I just saw my dad posing on my friend's status for Mother's Day... I'm having a lowkwwtf moment. I thought my dad died," she wrote in the shocking post.

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Twitter users did not know what to make of the post and actually seemed sadly used to these kinds of things when it comes to South African fathers. Read a few of their interesting and insightful comments below:

@MStoto asked:

"So, your friend never knew how your dad looked like before he became their stepdad? I am trying to understand."

@lungsta_mk said:

"What in the 'Days of our Lives' is going on here... man's faked his death, wow, my head is spinning."

@Thato_Rachidi said:

"So the guy faked his death... just to be a stepfather, and leave his children, this is disturbing, did you guys bury him or you were told he is dead?"

In other Briefly News, a heartbreaking and quite funny clip has been shared online in which a young boy shares his thoughts on his father, who has not been a present figure in his life since he was only two years old.

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In the clip, the young child can be heard saying that he suspects that his father is married and may be poor, which is the reason why he as the child has to take the first step in contacting his father as opposed to the other more acceptable way around.

"Some kids are very much smart from born [sic]," @advobarryroux captioned the clip.

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Marilynn Manuel I am an experienced journalist with a keen interest in helping people tell their stories and writing content that inspires readers. When I’m not in front of my laptop producing viral articles for my publication, I find myself submerged in a fitness routine or trying new wellness smoothies. When I need some down time, I find that devouring a good book is equally as satisfying as reaching my health goals. Above all, I am a mom to a cute baby boy.