u/Rockermarr

Are there any benefits in waiting until a kid is 18 and out of high school to tell them the truth about paternity? I raised a child because the mother said that if I didn’t she wouldn’t have a dad, being that I already had a child with the mother I raised her as my own, along with her sister. I left the mom years ago. Main issue with this is that I don’t think the mother knows who or where the father is, I suspect it might’ve been multiple partners at the same time so I would not know how to even approach this should she ask those kind of questions.

I found out I was not my daughter’s biological father when she was a toddler, she’s 16 now, and though her mother and I are no longer together and haven’t been for 10 years, I continued raising her. however, it has always bothered me that she doesn’t know the truth, I feel she has a right to know her history. Whats everyone’s opinion ? Should she know the truth or should I hope she just never finds out at this point ?