First, obviously, I would treat the people that raised me as my parents.
Second, I would try to make contact with them. If they go for it, maybe it’ll be a nice family story. If not, I’ll see what I can do in terms of legally extorting them for money, because ultra-wealthy shouldn’t exist and I barely get by, and I won’t really feel bad about that.
If I get a lot of money by either means (more than I need to buy a house and cover the basics), I would share with charities and people.
I’d have a lot of questions about why I look and sound exactly like my dad. What were you getting up to pop?
Hey step mom… how did you get stuck
“Dodged a bullet there. They wanna pay my rent?”
I could have but did not invest in crypto. It would have changed my life, but it would have probably stunted my brain at “nice guy” level. Win some, lose some, you know?
Immediately order a DNA test and/or a second opinion. There’s no way I’m not my parents’ child.
I look and sound too much like my father, so I’d have to be the product of an affair of his, and my mother would have left him and cut off contact with whichever relative was actually my mother if he’d done that. She absolutely would not have adopted me and raised me as her own.
I mean, I like the idea that I’m actually the beneficiary of an extremely wealthy family, but it’s simply not the case.
Edit: beneficiary, not benefactor
I don’t think I’d want to change the life I’ve had so far as the sum of my experience is how I’m the way I am. Would probably meet the people and see how things went from there.
My current parents would continue to always be my parents in that scenario I think
I wouldn’t feel anything, quite honestly. My parents did a pretty awesome job and I don’t really care much for money. So, I’d be okay. It’s be cool knowing I could’ve had a ton of cash but I’ve seen what people with money do in my own personal life so it wouldn’t bother me.
Would explain a few things. Get to know them. They might be cool to hang out with.
Imma be pissed at the universe. Could have had a lambo, instead im just broke. Get me on that wealthy will.
Grunt “Typical” and go about my life because the universe won’t allow anything good to happen to me
Be deeply confused as I have an identical twin and we look alike. Did we both get switched? I can’t imagine that. The hospitals we were in were small, we were likely the only twins in the nicu then.
There was a situation where there were two sets of identical twins born at the same hospital at the same time, and somehow one of each got swapped. Each mismatched pair grew up thinking they had a non-identical twin and only found out about the mix-up later in life.
Maybe they wouldn’t have found out at all if both were swapped. Food for thought.
Horrifying! I do think we’re my mothers children. We look quite like her! People comment.
Maybe it’s a ruse! Maybe she has normal not silly children somewhere. Hmmm…
I don’t think I would initiate contact with my biological parents in this hypothetical situation regardless of their financial status, but I would be willing to meet with them if they requested it first. I can’t miss what I never had and I don’t want to possibly disrupt their lives because of my own curiosity. Nor do I feel entitled to their money.
If they want to meet, I’d be willing to do that. If that goes well, maybe we can have some sort of relationship, but who they are matters more than how much they have.
I don’t view family as a paycheck. My family is who raised me. That being said, they owe me medical history. I feel like visiting with them could end very badly very quickly, like a step parent insisting you call them mom or dad. Depending on my mental state, I may not bother. It would be a good opportunity to show gratitude for my parents as well. They divorced and probably feel like more mistakes were made than really mattered but were both great parents.
