All Due to a Typo
My parents spent most of my childhood embroiled in a messy divorce. One of their biggest arguments was about my parentage.
My mom claimed that my dad said that I wasn’t his child and refused to engage with him until he admitted he was wrong.
My dad refused to admit he was wrong and refused to engage without an apology. Much later, I learned that those years spent arguing were all down to a typo on a court document which had my birthdate off by 10 years meaning after my dad had a vasectomy.
Neither had mentioned it to their attorneys as they thought pointless fighting in court for 5+ years was preferable to simply changing one number.