A Shocking Secret: Bill Griffeth Speaks on the Today Show

This morning special guest Bill Griffeth appeared on the Today Show. He is the author of the book "The Stranger In My Genes". In his book he shares the results to a DNA test that his cousin convinces him to take. Shockingly he finds out that the man that he grew up knowing as his father was not his biological father. He describes getting a phone call from his cousin that rocked his world. It altered his reality. Bill said that the news left him feeling as though he were floating. His heart started racing and he just couldn't gather himself. From that point. he began to traverse the stages of grief. And four years later, he is at acceptance. Bill's journey led him to speak candidly with his, then 94 year-old, mother. She admitted that she'd had a fling. It blew Bill's mind, to say the least. At this time, Bill discovered that his biological father was deceased. And the grief deepened. All opportunities had been lost. I bawled as Bill explained his wide range of juxtaposed emotions. My heart was wrung out in the midst of my living room. He'd just openly and publicly explained a lot of what I've been feeling in this time of meeting and reunion. I understood exactly what he was saying when he talked about what a gift this was for his children and their children. He needed to know...