A mum on TikTok has claimed she had to up sticks and move out of her small town after her ex-husband fathered nine children with other women – because it could have led to her children dating their half-siblings.
Hailey Mae, @haileymae93, lived in a small town in Arizona, USA, and knew her four children would end up going to school with her ex-husband’s other kids, so didn’t want to risk them getting crushes on each other.
In one TikTok video, Hailey looked at the camera as she mouthed the words to the audio "what's your name, who’s your daddy?”, and text on the screen read: "Seeing a kid that looks like my husband in the small town we live in.”
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She then captioned the clip: “Now ex-husband. He has confirmed nine kids. I had to leave, or my kids could have dated their own siblings.”
Hailey also said in another video that one of her ex-husband’s children is even the daughter of her best friend – whom she accompanied to the hospital when she gave birth.
She said: “I took her to her doctor’s appointments, and when she was in labour she called me and I drove her to the hospital. I was with her when she got her epidural, I wore the daddy wristband, and I gave the baby her first bath.
“Unfortunately, three days later, through a hereditary birthmark which I’m very familiar with because my oldest son has it – it’s an extra piece of cartilage that grows out of the side of the neck – I knew exactly that that baby was my husband’s.”
And although the news was shocking to Hailey, she has since revealed she has forgiven her best friend.
The pair are no longer close, but Hailey wants to remain civil because she wants her children to have a relationship with their siblings.
She explained: “We are on good terms with each other in the sense that I’ve found forgiveness from her for myself, and hopefully she can find forgiveness for herself.
“That doesn’t mean that I don’t keep her at arm’s length, but I still love and care about her and wish her the best.
“At the end of the day, her daughter is my children’s sister, so I would hope that one day we can have a cordial relationship for the kids.”
Hailey’s videos have been viewed thousands of times and people can’t believe her ex-husband would cheat on her enough times to father nine other children.
One person wrote: "Sorry for you and your kids. Some people.”
And another said: “Your maturity says a lot about you. Forgiveness is a hard thing to do.”
While a third posted: “Oh lord ... I'm sorry. Did it really happen like that? You saw kids that looked like him?”
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