A millionaire, Richard Mason, got the shock of his life when he discovered recently that the three boys he had called his children for about two decades actually belonged to someone else.
His ex-wife tricked her ex-husband into believing he was the father of her three sons – 19-year-old twins and a 23-year-old.
Richard Mason learned of the betrayal when doctors diagnosed him with cystic fibrosis and told him he had been infertile since birth in 2016.
The millionaire confronted Kate, who he had divorced in 2006, and she initially said: “of course the boys are yours, no matter what the science might suggest”.
She, however, confessed when confronted by her eldest son.
According to Daily Mail, Mrs Mason declared a sudden interest in Judaism when she first fell pregnant. She also insisted all three children have Jewish middle names, something Mr Mason now believes is a clue to the identity of the real father.
Speaking in a Daily Mail report, Mason said: “You don’t know what’s real and what isn’t — it’s as if I’m living in The Matrix.
“Someone says to you, ‘All you know and everything you thought solid and true is not real, and never did exist. You are not a father, you are not able to have kids, your name will not continue’.
“I still see what the boys are doing on Facebook and it’s heart-wrenching. It’s all been taken away from me.”
She admitted she had been seeing a man in an on-off affair during the 20-year marriage – but wouldn’t name him.