KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s a Father’s Day gift more than 50 years in the making, as on Thursday a Peculiar, Missouri, man met the daughter he never knew he had.
Don Houser served in Germany and met a woman there, with whom he had an affair, explains Don’s wife, Frieda. Don didn’t realize when he left that the woman was pregnant. Recently, when his daughter contacted him on Facebook from Germany, the Housers thought it was a scam.
Don Houser has had a stroke and lost his voice to cancer, but he continued to communicate with the woman who claimed to be his daughter on Facebook.
Then some documentation came and Frieda discovered from a friend that Don, before he lost the ability to speak, told a friend about his relationship in Germany. They felt confident this woman was his real daughter.
“I’m excited Don’s excited.. and nervous at the same time because she speaks no English,” said Frieda. “I’ve put a sign up on the wall that says welcome home dear daughter,” she said.
“We”ll do a lot of hugging and motions- are you hungry?” Frieda said as she pantomimed an eating gesture.
Don’s daughter, Joan, will stay with the Housers for about two weeks.