GiGi’s Reviews > Twenty Years After > Status Update

Been listening while doing chores and am therefore unsure at what point exactly this thought occured but;
WHY not tell him he's your literal child?! Am I missing some historical/cultural context? Why raise him as your own, claim him as a legal heir, but not tell him he's biologically yours too? Same for the mom. Jumping through all them hopes to makes sure he gets to meet his mother, but never introduces her as such