Ohio woman Valerie Spruill got a pretty big shock when she discovered that her husband and her father were the same person.

In a shocker, a 60-year-old US woman has discovered that her late husband was in fact her father, after an uncle told her the truth.

Valerie Spruill of Doylestown, Ohio learned of her husband’s identity six years after he died in 1998. She is now going public with her past with the hope that it will inspire those going through a rough time, the New York Daily News reported.

“I want this to be more of an inspirational story,” she said. “If I’ve come through this, anyone can come through anything through the help of the Lord.”

Spruill’s mother and father, Percy, first started seeing each other when he was 15. It remains unclear how many children they had together, though Valerie says she is aware of six brothers.

Spruill’s grandmother began taking care of her when she was 3-months-old, but it wasn’t until age 9 that Valerie discovered the first of many secrets her family had kept from her. She also learned that the man she believed was her father was actually her grandfather, realizing that a woman who said she was a family friend actually was her mother.