‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down

When I found out my father had been adopted, I was curious to know more about his side of the family. Nothing could have prepared me for what I would discover ...

Above my grandma's bed hung a framed blackand-white photograph of my dad. As asmall child I quietly admired it; his luminous eyes, dark hair and gentle smile. He embodied a tender yet spirited early adulthood, staring into the future. Handsome and seeking.

As I grew older, I would discover that it was not, in fact, a photograph of my dad but of a man called ElvisPresley. Apparently he was very famous. My grandma had been a lifelong fan. My parents laughed - an adorable mistake - but I felt a hot pulse of humiliation.