2025-01-03 – News – www.theguardian.com
You are right to bring this out into the open. Learning of a secret sibling is big news, so agree with your ex-partner on exactly what to share
• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a reader
My daughter is eight years old. She’s sensible, fun, kind and compassionate. Her father and I have been divorced since she was two and we co-parent fairly amicably.
Shortly after we broke up he had a fling which resulted in a child. He has no relationship with his son but pays child maintenance. He upset the boy’s mother by asking for a paternity test so they haven’t had any contact for six years.
