A man who was happily married for six years had his world turned upside down when it turned out his wife was actually his sister.
The man, who was adopted at birth, knew nothing of his biological parents before the shocking find came to light. The discovery actually came about after their son was born and his wife fell ill.
It turned out that none of her relatives were a match or viable donor and it was later revealed that he was genetically related to his spouse when he decided to donate a kidney to her, reports the Mirror.
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Before the procedure, doctors noticed how the couple shared an 'abnormally high match percentage'. Taking to Reddit to anonymously inform others of his freak situation, the man said: "I knew it would be a long shot so I decided to get tested to see if I could donate. I got a call the other day saying that I was a match.
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"The doctor then said something about wanting to do additional testing due to some information from the HLA (human leukocyte antigen) tissue test results. I didn't think much of it and agreed."
He was horrified to later discover that he was actually related to his wife who he had met while working away eight years ago.
He explained: "I was shocked and confused. He explained that because of how DNA information is passed down through generations a parent to a child could have at least a 50 per cent match and siblings could have a 0-100 per cent match. It was rare to have a high match as husband and wife."
When the couple first met and hit it off, they agreed to meet up and the man eventually got a transfer his job to be with her permanently.
He continued: "I don't know what to do moving forward but I know it may be wrong. She is my wife and the mother of our kids." Other users rushed to the comments to advise him on how to handle the unfortunate situation.
One user replied: "I mean at this point you are married with children already - you can't take that back so I don't see much point in blowing worlds up, I guess." Somebody else wrote: "You already have kids and they are assumedly healthy since you didn't mention any crazy abnormalities.
"If you're happy, you're happy. Donate the kidney to your sister-wife and continue being great parents to your children."
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