British-Born Man Learns Hidden Secrets About His Ghanaian Father Years After His Death
- A British-born Ghanaian uncovered his late father’s fake age and secret Ghanaian family after his death in 2011
- He allegedly found a hidden passport and marriage certificate, uncovering his dad’s second life and unknown relatives
- Joe later travelled to Ghana to return his father’s ashes and meet family members he never knew existed before
A British-born Ghanaian man thought he knew who his deceased father was until he came across some truths that were hidden from him and his mother.
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The young man, identified as Joe Jquest, who had received life lessons from his dead Ghanaian father, Peter Oteng, was surprised when he found out about his father's secret life and background.
In a video spotted online, Joe shared an emotional journey of discovery after his father passed away in 2011. He disclosed that while going through his father's things, he found a hidden passport that contained his real age.
British-born Ghanaian man discovers father's hidden secrets
Joe claimed that he had thought his father died at the age of 64; however, with the date of birth on the passport, it appears he was 76 years old at the time of his death. According to Joe, his father, Oteng, had lied to him and faked his date of birth.
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He also stated that his late father refused to tell him about his entire Ghanaian family, which he had never met, while also being secretly married to another woman besides his mother.
He made this disclosure in his YouTube docuseries, 'Hidden Roots.' He explained that his father arrived in the UK from Ghana in the 1960s, built a life, met his white mother, and gave birth to him even though they didn't legally get married.
In his words:
“He wasn’t 64 when he died, like I thought. He was 75. He’d been using a fake age and birthday since moving to the UK.”
“My dad, the man who taught me to be honest, had been lying about so much,” Joe lamented.
Joe embarked on a soul-searching trip to Ghana for the first time. The goal is twofold: meet the family he never knew and return his father’s ashes to his homeland.
“It was the final piece of the puzzle,” he said. “I wanted to go to Ghana, not just to discover my roots, but to understand who my dad really was.”
Watch his full explanation in the video below:
Reactions to man's Ghanaian father's hidden secrets
YEN.com.gh collected reactions from the video shared on YouTube. Some of the comments are below.
@goa5820 said:
"My brother met our half-brother on a bus. They look like twins. All my father asked was, What's your mum's name? Then yeap. That's your brother."
@BrightAura777 wrote:
"I'm a Ghanaian American and grew up in Ghana. One of my classmates' fathers started a new family in London, it was a secret at first before the truth finally came out, smh happens a lot!"
@TheTopPoint-l1j commented:
"That happens a lot. People run away from danger and hide their horrible past. Fortunately, you found your relatives."
@allbyhisgrace8925 said:
"West Africans, especially Ghanaians and Nigerians, do that."
British lady cries for help finding father
YEN.com.gh had earlier reported that British-born Nana Yaa travelled to Ghana hoping to reconnect with her deported father, Edward Boateng.
She disclosed that her father was deported from Wandsworth in 1987 after a police stop exposed immigration issues.
Ghanaians on X reacted with mixed feelings, offering both emotional support and questioning the timeline of events.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
