Imagine finding out you had a long-lost identical twin at 37 years old. That's exactly what happened to Chrissy Teigen. The cookbook author recently took a DNA test, which revealed a genetic match to a sister she never knew existed. Obviously, the revelation was a hard one for the mother of three.
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She shared her 23andMe story on Instagram
Chrissy took to social media to share what happened, and you're going to want to buckle up because it's one heck of a ride!
"I paid for some of the upgrades and the first thing that came up after I found out that I was part neanderthal, was this: Identical twin," she explained before revealing a copy of her family tree, which had a circle next to her initials indicating the match. "That has to be a joke, right?"
Chrissy then did what any of us would do — freak out
After seeing the news that she had a twin, Chrissy said she began "spiraling" and contacted the company, her doctor, and even her father.
"I'm literally saying, 'Dad, hey, did you see me come out of mom's vagina and were there two of me,'" she recalled in the video. "He starts laughing, saying 'No, I was there, there are not two of you!' I was like, 'Are you sure you were there?'"
Next she called her sister to share the news.
Chrissy says she started making connections after she had time to think about her missing sister
"At this point, I'm making excuses for my whole life. I'm like, 'This is why I'm so co-dependent, because my twin was ripped away from me! This is why I always felt something missing and this is why I have addition issues,'" she joked. " … I'm like, literally, 'Holy f–k!'"
But she was her own missing link
Chrissy was one of the celebrities who was interviewed for the show Finding Your Roots, which involved getting high-profile celebs to explore their genealogy.
She never actually finished the episode, but she did do a DNA test to get started. She performed the test under a "secret name" at the time, which her sister reminded her of when they talked.
"My identical twin was myself," Chrissy finally revealed.
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We're glad Chrissy was able to solve the mystery
While we do think the world would've been a better place with another Chrissy in it, we're happy that there wasn't some deep, dark family secret eating away at the Teigen clan.
Maybe this will inspire Chrissy to do a little more research on her own about her family though. Now that she knows how exciting it can be, she might want to finish what she started with Finding Your Roots!
