Teen Applying To College Finds Out The Bizarre Truth About His Childhood

College is a life-changing experience for anyone. For this teen, however, it wasn’t just about entering a new phase. Applying to college changed the course of his life in a way he couldn’t have imagined.

There was an issue with J.J.’s social security number. It didn’t match his name. Schools kept flagging his application because of it. Applying to college is hard enough when things like this don’t go awry, so J.J. needed to get to the bottom of it.

A Normal Life— Or So He Thought

J.J. Mangina lived a regular life. He lived with his father, Jonathan in this house in Cleveland. But their life wasn’t as simple as it seemed. Soon Jonathan would find out that his childhood was anything but normal and the family he knew was a lie.

A Single Father Did His Best

Jonathan was a single father. He had been raising J.J. all by himself since the age of five. He had big dreams for his son. “He was always talking about his son. All he wanted him to do was to be able to go to college,” said a neighbor.

His Mother Was Out of The Picture

J.J.’s mother wasn’t in the picture. Jonathan said she’d left when J.J. was five. Though J.J. was born in Alabama, the two moved to Cleveland when J.J. was young. Jonathan wanted a fresh start and soon found a good job in the area.

He Had a Great Childhood

Even without his mother in the picture, J.J. enjoyed his childhood, but he had questions about his mother. When he asked his father questions about his mom, he would give him short answers and Jonathan often told his son that his mom was a selfish woman who passed away a few years ago.