Do These 5 Women All Share The Same Father? | KARAMO

I'm here for DNA testing for my father Leon and these maybe babies. They all saying that we're all supposed to be kin, but I've never known of them, so.

Okay, you've never known any of them? Okay then. So clarify for all of us, 'cause it took us all back. When you say a maybe baby, what's a maybe baby?

Maybe baby is it is or it ain't your baby. Maybe it's yours, maybe it's not.

Got it.

And you know, my grandmother, she went through this with her her husband, my grandfather, having children out of wedlock and things like that. And it brought a lot of tension in our family. And I have 3 children of my own. They know their fathers, of course, they know their mother, and I just wanna break the cycle, kind of.

Got it, I understand that, got it. And so how many possible sisters do you have?

None.

Oh wow.

But the ladies that's here, they may be, so.

Okay, so you have how many maybe sisters?

I'm gonna say 5 and it's possibly many more.

5 maybe sisters, got it. And let's break down everyone involved in this DNA mystery, 'cause I need to understand this. So we have Bonita who's 36, Jessica, you're 37, Kiva who's 39, is it Janie?

Janie.

Janie who's 44 and Jolene who's 47. And so the 4 of them, they're all maybe babies?

All of them are maybe babies except me.

Except for you.

Yeah. Yeah. So that's exactly what it is.

Well, Janine is joining us virtually from Turks and Caicos. So I think it's time to hear her side of the story. So everyone, please welcome Janine to the show. So Janine, tell me, how do you feel about what you just heard?

Hi, Jessica.

Hello, Janine.

How are you?

I'm blessed. How about you?

You're mad that you're a maybe baby?

That's what I said. Maybe babies. Not just you, all of you.

No, my daddy signed for me.

I mean, if he signed for you, I don't know that. That's your truth. My truth is my truth.

I'm a Shaw baby.

Okay, and at the end of the day, at the end of the day—

At the end of the day, you will have to go again and look for your father, 'cause my father is not your father.

My father is your father. My father is your father. And at the end of the day, we're gonna get proof right here, right now. This is why we have a problem. Problem because you and the rest of you baby babies don't want to hear the truth. It's not my fault he didn't take care of y'all. It's not my fault he wasn't there.

Are you done?

Maybe.

Okay, Jessica, that's why I mean you can't get along. I didn't come on the show because it would be blow for blow.

Yes, ma'am, and you're right, it would be. And that's exactly what I just told Karamo. I can never sit next to you.

Not because you act like a white kid, but you are a white kid.

No, I am the Sugar Honey Iced Tea baby. Let's get it right.

So, Janine, you don't think Jessica is one of Leon's children even though she was raised with him?

She is not. He told me personally he met her mom when she was 8 months old.

No, definitely not. Definitely not.

Your mom is lying to you?

Definitely not, definitely not. And if my mom lied to me, yours lied to you as well because he was pimping them all.

No, he was with my mom.

He was with all our mothers. He was with all of our mothers, obviously.

He loved both of us.

If he loved you and your mother, why do you have a problem with how he took care of me and raised me and not you?

Because you a baby baby.

Okay, well we'll see who the baby baby is.

So why didn't you feel the need to get a DNA test, Janine?

Because he signed for me and him and my mom had a relationship.

Got it. He was on your birth certificate, he was—

He is on my birth certificate.

Got it, great. And then, so what was his reason for not being involved in your life as a kid? Did he ever tell you?

Because he was in the United States taking care of maybe babies.

Maybe baby? I am his baby. He took care of me, but he signed your birth certificate and didn't take care of you.

And that's what hurt me so because you're a maybe baby and I'm a lawful kid.

Well, we could have came together. We could have came together, but you are rude, so I'm gonna be rude too.

Okay. All right, everyone. Well, I think it's time to meet Bonita and hear her side of the story. So everyone, please welcome Bonita to the show. Hello, Bonita. How are you doing?

Hello, Karamo.

How are you? Thank you. Thank you for being here. So what are your thoughts on this situation?

I think delusion cause confusion.

That's the truth.

I think they both delusional.

And maybe then so are you.

I think they're both delusional.

And so are you.

First of all, who cares who signed what, who got raised with what? You didn't get nothing. Neither one of y'all, you got nothing. But what did you get? You know what I got? A lot of trauma, a lot of fun busted.

So we all got the same and we all got the same pain. No, you didn't get that.

Yes, we did. You got to be daddy's girl. But still, I got to be daddy's girl, but daddy left me. You can't just sit here and act like you actually Actually have some type of right to even call somebody a maybe baby when your ex chromosomes can't match him no more than mine.

Okay, well we gonna see today.

I'm just so confused at how a couple of months of an addict, I'll just stick with that, raises you for like 3 years, because you're delusional if you think that man stuck around till you was 16. Yeah, he did. 16, in a trap house. You call raising you and whoever else up in a trap house raising you? That will cause confusion.

But how do you know that he raised me in a trap house?

She has a—

Therefore you don't. Therefore you don't.

I brought the group to her with everybody in it. Actually, for once, we was all on one accord to meet her. This is the energy that she brought. You see what I'm saying? So if you're so broken to where you don't even want to have a typing conversation, how we gonna get good energy?

So when you all came together, you all, the rest of you—

No, no, all I did was brought it to her.

Yeah, brought it to her. But when the rest of the sisters without Jessica were in it, you all were in agreeance and accordance like, okay, we're all together. There was a friendship. Yeah. Okay, great.

I wanna say it was like a common ship. Friendship where? It's a common ship. Common ship. We common have the same person that might be out there. But we're commonly doing this. We common made, we have the same common mate. We have the same common mate. And you acting like now y'all two act alike. I bet that we do. I bet that we do. I bet that we do. Even though Janine ain't no better. Both of y'all delusional in my case.

And you know that Janine had doubts about you?

I did not, I learned that just now.

Just now.

I just learned that just now.

Got it.

Which kind of stirred up in my spirit because he signed your birth certificate, never was there. You met him when you was 40 and you have so much aggression though for this guy. And it is misguided anger. And I'm trying to help out these ladies. I really, really am. But it's only but so much help you can take. So that's why we're here.

Got it.

Because this is my trying to help them. The delusion will cause confusion. I'm tired of having a lot of confusion in my life. I'm the one that was actually on my own. You see what I'm saying? I actually grew up on my own, okay? You got raised, you got a signed birth certificate. Guess what I got? Foster care, okay? So all this what they talking about, you talking about this man like you win a prize for being his daughter. You don't win nothing. You don't even win a good relationship apparently. And I'm just trying to find all of the fun bucks you win for being his child.

I hear you, I hear you. And you know, I 100% agree with you in a lot of this. And the reason being is because again, like I said before, it was breaking my heart to see you two argue over somebody who did not give either of you the love or support that either of you deserved. And yes, I know that there's a protective nature when you want to come for the person who is supposed to be your father, who's supposed to be there. But like at the end of the day, there was 40 years you went, Janine, without this man being there, without giving you support, support, love, financial support possibly that you deserved. You were there and he was there for you, but then at a point he abandoned you. And that causes deep pain for all of you. You didn't have him in your life. And so I agree with you a lot of that because it's like we're arguing over what? Over shared pain? No, that needs to be channeled into how can I support each other? And I get that.

Exactly.

I see you eye to eye. I see it.

And where I feel like I'm at with it, I didn't know that he was so sick, but I did hear when I did speak to him I did speak with Janine about that he was so sick. I still want to try to do something for him because it doesn't matter how you lived your life. If you come out here and you're my dad, I'm gonna put every lick in my pocket together to come and get a flight over there to come and see you. You see what I'm saying? Because for me, I'm on a healing journey.

I hear that. I want y'all to know we reached out to the other women that say they are also Leon's children, but they declined to participate. So will you keep in contact with those that declined?

If you're not here today via Zoom or here on the couch, you're not my sister.

Got it.

Where my real sisters at?

Where they at?

Well, there's two more people involved with this DNA mystery, and it's Keva and Jolene, who Jessica has never met. So everyone, please welcome Keva and Jolene to the show.

Hey. Hello, ma'am. Hey, ladies.

How y'all doing?

Fine.

How are you? We're good, thank you.

Hello. Hello.

What did she call you?

How are you?

I'm number 1. She's number 2.

Oh, she calls you number 1 and number 2? Mm-hmm. Hey, Janine.

You ain't her sister. You number 6. Hey, Karamo. I don't give a damn what I am.

I'm a self-made.

She number 6.

She looks like my Grammy. You don't.

I do.

Yes, you do.

Well, I think it's time for the DNA truth. So that way there are no more maybes in this situation. This is for you, Kiva. This will let you know if you and Jolene are related because this is for siblings. Because we're not able to test your father, I wanna make sure everyone knows, we are able to test and see if you all are siblings. Yes, okay then.

And not able to test him because life flew past him. This is what, this should be a lesson. That if you do not take care of your children, maybe babies, whatever, that you bring into this world, life will catch up with you.

Yes. Yeah.

Yes.

Okay.

I wanna hear the results.

What's it say?

Yes.

We are biological sisters.

Okay. So it says what? What does it say? So can you read the card? Can you read the card out loud? I wanna see what it say.

Joleen and Kiva, you are biological sisters.

Okay, wow.

And I was the one that was having doubts. 'Cause I look like my momma's side.

No, you look like us too.

I mean, I look like them too, but I look like my momma's side too.

Got it.

So I was a little confused.

Got it.

You know, so that's the whole reason. But me personally, I wanted to be able to take my children over there to see my dad's side of the family. I'm gonna get the GoFundMe. I'm gonna get the GoFundMe.

So you now know this is your dad.

Yes.

And this is your sister.

Yes.

Okay, got it.

That's my sister too.

That's my sister too.

Jessica and Bonita, what are your thoughts on this? How do you feel?

It's cute.

It's cute? All right, the next DNA mystery is for you, Bonita. This one will tell you if you are sisters.

Okay.

Here you go.

So, this is a lot for me because I didn't have my mom or my dad or really not a lot of family. My was a lot of my family. So, this right here is a lot for me. Give her a moment, give her a moment, Janine. I love Keba, I love Jolene, so this right here is a lot because I actually can get started on that GoFundMe to go see y'all daddy. You told the truth. We still didn't find out, we still didn't find out, it's still a maybe over here.

Bonita, I understand, I wanna take a moment because I understand, most of you know my career before getting in television. I worked in the foster care system, I worked in child protective services. And so I understand for you especially, not having any mother, not having any father, that you —new, uh—

No sisters. It was literally just me. I literally got emancipated at 16. I bought myself my sweet 16 car. You know what I'm saying? It was literally just me. So my maybe is over. Joleen and Kiva are biological sisters. Love you. Love you too. Love you, twins. 'Cause we really act alike. Like, we really act alike. Yeah, we did. But neither of us can relate because we both didn't have our moms growing up. But I was raised by someone that spoiled me. And she lived different. So it is. Congratulations. Hard night. Hard night. Thank you. You don't got to tell me congratulations, girl.

So Jessica, in this envelope— is your DNA results. I know that you were raised with Leon and that you had him until he was 16. And so here's your answers right here.

Delusional. Thank you. Delusional.

And I just wanna say, regardless of what these results are. You're maybe? No, if I am, I am, and y'all are not. So congratulations on y'all's success. First of all, I'm not talking to you 'cause you on the screen. And I'm not talking to you 'cause you behind the screen. I can't even talk to you face to face, little baby. Somebody said it is what it is.

But at the end of the day, it might not be your biological sister.

Don't worry about it, you gonna get your fun box, girl.

Jessica, Joleen, Kiva, and Bonita are not your biological sisters. I told you.

I told you. Don't start crying, I told you. I know that was gonna happen. I told you. It's all good. No, no, no, no, no.

My daddy told me. Shut up. 'Cause by this time, why ain't you here?

I don't even wanna hear you no— Anyways, ladies, I apologize.

Why are you crying?

I apologize.

Why are you crying?

I'm not gonna entertain clowns, so I apologize. That's okay. Why are you crying? And I will, and I will if y'all allow me to. Yes. Because I don't have an issue with y'all.

Karamo said my issue is with LeAnn.

I got some treats for you. Thank you, thank you.

And maybe one day me and Janine will get there. Girl, leave that baby alone.

You know what, he in the mall. You know what, he in the mall, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, thank you.

I'm completely sorry, Jessica. I gotta be honest with you, I was not expecting that from this story.

I wasn't expecting that from you. I was expecting it from me, actually. Well, because I know you're a good—

I appreciate in this moment how y'all all came together and supported because I think at the core of it, that's what's always been underneath this. And I said that from the beginning, the pain that you all have felt, it's not been, it should never have been towards any of y'all. It was towards one man who didn't step up and do what he needs to do for any of you. And I appreciate because the core of the love showed up in that moment. And I'm happy you have answers. I'm happy you have answers. And I'm so sorry for this moment for you. But if there's any support you need, we are a resource here. We will support you in any way we can, help you figure out whatever you need to get figured out. I'm sorry, I'm trying to just— No, no, no, you take your time in a moment. I think that was a shocker to all of us. Yeah. Yeah.

But I am gonna put, I'm gonna try to, just help us really come together to channel this pain and take his last moments. So everybody go over there and channel this pain to actually do some good. Tell him that it don't matter what you did. You know what, let's end this on a positive note. Because he is in bad health. And she is the only one over there taking care of her daddy. Yeah. She is the only one. And now that we do know that he is our father, I will try to put something together for us to try to go be by his bedside. Or at least try and help him help her or whatnot. Now that I know that this is really my sister and I'm gonna have to deal with her. Yeah. So. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, I got to deal with you.

I mean, ain't no more maybes now. I'm stuck with you.

Well, we do know. Well, we do know. We do know that there's no more maybes of you all coming together because this moment has brought y'all together and I'm happy you all have answers. I'm happy you all have the truth now. I'm sorry it didn't turn out the same for all of you. I really, truthfully am. But I'm happy that you all have now clarity and no more maybes. Thank you all for being here. And again, any support you need, I'm here. And I wish you all the best of luck, sincerely. I really do.