A 61-year-old man was overcome with joy when he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan last month to encounter a man, 81, he believed to be the father he never met. However, paternity results obtained yesterday reveal the pair are not related after all. Samuel Childress, received the test results in the mail on Monday, February 2 and was shocked to see it was negative, said his wife Donna Childress on Tuesday morning. 'It's been rough on him,' she said of her husband finding out the results. 'He's been up and down all night.' The unfortunate maternity muddle began when Tony Trapani, 81, of Grand Rapids was cleaning out some filing cabinets following the death of his wife when he discovered a 56-year-old letter.
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Tony Trapani, 81, of Grand Rapids, Michigan  discovered a letter written by a woman revealing that she had given birth to a son, and he was the father
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Trapani contacted Samuel Childress, 61, to tell him he was the father and they decided to met and spent a week bonding
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Paternity results from February 2 reveal the men are not related but they have decided to maintain a relationship
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The letter had been sent 56-years ago, but Trapani's wife had his it from him
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Following his wife's death, Trapani found the letter in a filing cabinet, believing his wife hid it as she was unable to have children
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The true identity of Childress' father is still unknown
That being said, Trapani still seems to resent her decision, no matter what her motivation may have been, saying; 'He's my full son that I've had my whole life, but why my wife hid that letter is beyond me,' said @placeholder after thinking Childress was his.