A woman has left the internet scratching their heads in confusion after revealing that she has a brother who is not only 30 years older than her – but is regularly mistaken for her father.
Alicia Mae Holloway, from New York, previously made headlines after detailing how a psychic led her adoptive parents to her after her biological mom fell pregnant through an affair.
The 27-year-old claims Kenneth, 61, and Evelyn, 76, were told to travel to a different state to a support group where her birth mom was airing out her grievances. And while she isn’t in touch with her biological family, she does have a tight-knit relationship with her siblings, especially her 58-year-old brother, Marvin.
Now, the professional ballerina has detailed how the 30-year-old age gap between her and Marvin has prompted people to question if he is her dad.
A woman has revealed how her brother is often mistaken for her dad due to their 30-year age gap
Alicia Mae Holloway, from New York, previously made headlines after detailing how a psychic led her adoptive parents to her after her biological mom fell pregnant through an affair
Now, the professional ballerina has detailed how the 30-year-old age gap between her and Marvin has prompted people to question if he is her dad
While they’re out together, the pair are often mistaken for father and daughter – and she’s took to TikTok to discuss the hilarious mistake, racking up over 17 million views and over two million likes.
She explained: ‘When I tell people he’s actually my brother, they are very shocked. Growing up, we had more of an uncle and niece relationship, but out of all three of my brothers, he was the one to come over and play with me the most.
‘We are the closest out of all my siblings and now that I’m older, he’s my best friend.’ In the clip, she sits opposite him while in a restaurant, before panning over to Marvin.
She captioned the video: ‘My mom had him at 18 and me at 50.’
Alicia noted that they aren’t just best friends – adding that he’s also a mentor to her.
She added: ‘Marvin has taught me so much in life. He is the polar opposite of me, but he makes me feel grounded. He helps me relax and always gives good advice.
‘Anytime I see him, we always go out to eat and hang out together. Our age gap has made us closer than if we were closer to the same age.
‘I wish everyone knew him. I feel like in any lifetime we would be brother and sister. I wish every person had a brother like him.’
While they’re out together, the pair are often mistaken for father and daughter – and she’s took to TikTok to discuss the hilarious mistake, racking up over 17 million views (seen with her adoptive parents)
Alicia noted that they aren’t just best friends – adding that he’s also a mentor to her
Users have flocked to the comments to share their reactions, with many people left confused about the 30-year age gap
Users have flocked to the comments to share their reactions, with many people left confused about the 30-year age gap.
‘A grand brother is crazy,’ one user said.
Someone else added: ‘I’m confused about the age gap lol.’
‘You got a grand brother,’ someone else commented.
One person added: ‘My mom is 54 and her older brother is 90+.’
‘That’s fascinating, genuinely. To have raised a child as a teen and to have raise another child with three decades of wisdom,’ another user said.
In the past, Alicia detailed her adoption story. Alicia explained that her biological mom – who is a white woman – was married to a white man and had three children.
However, her mother cheated on her husband with a black man and she got pregnant with Alicia.
To keep anyone from learning her secret, she knew she had to put the now-27-year-old up for adoption.
‘Even though she knew she wanted to give me up for adoption, she had absolutely no idea how she wanted to go about it. So in the meantime, she decided to join a support group,’ she said.
In the past, Alicia explained that her biological mom – who is a white woman – was married to a white man and had three children and had an affair with a black man (Alicia’s adoptive dad pictured)
To keep anyone from learning her secret, she knew she had to put the now-27-year-old up for adoption (Alicia’s adoptive mother pictured)
Alicia’s adoptive parents (shown) met Alicia and her biological mother at a support group
They said that they were led to go there by a psychic who told them they would meet their baby there (Alicia’s adoptoive dad pictured)
Alicia noted that the support group, which included around 40 to 50 people, met at a warehouse.
And Alicia’s biological mother was the first one to speak up and explain that she had cheated and wasn’t sure how to go about giving up her baby up for adoption.
She explained: ‘So once everyone is done talking about what’s going on in their lives, my birth mother goes to leave and as she goes to leave, this couple, a man and a woman, come running after her.
‘And the lady goes, “Excuse me miss, I know this is going to sound f***ing crazy but we have been trying to adopt a baby for years.
‘”We are from West Virginia and we drove all the way here today because the psychic that I have been seeing once a week for the past year told me that this is where I was going to find our baby.
‘”The second that you shared you were pregnant and wanted to give your baby up for adoption, I looked at my husband and was like, oh my god, that’s it we have found our baby.”‘
Alicia noted that after being approached, her birth mother was in ‘shock.’