When Al Letson Met His Sons

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | QCODE

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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When Al Letson was 23, he found out he was the father to a 6-year-old boy he’d never met. Years later, another son entered his life, and this one was white. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Ladder, Circle Round, Fully, Care/Of (code: LONGSHORT) and SAS Shoes (code: LONGSHORT) Also, Hillary Frank's Weird Parenting Wins book is coming! Many of you are in it. Pre-order here.

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0:00.0	I was at my little apartment and my dad called me and he said, hey, you got a minute.
0:16.2	And I was like, yeah.
0:17.8	And he was like, so I just got a call from the Tacoma District Attorney's office.
0:24.7	And they were saying that there's a paternity case against me.
0:27.9	And I was like shocked because my dad is a Baptist minister and he's a pretty straight
0:33.0	lace guy and I could not imagine him cheating on my mom.
0:38.5	Like I remember being like, what?
0:41.8	This is my friend, Alexan.
0:45.0	He's a journalist, writer and performer.
0:48.0	I remember saying like, how?
0:49.7	I mean, who?
0:50.7	Like what?
0:51.7	And he laughed and he said, what's not me?
0:54.2	And I was like, oh.
0:58.2	Alstad is also named Alesson.
1:01.7	The Tacoma District Attorney might have had the wrong out.
1:05.0	But Alopt didn't know anyone in Washington.
1:08.1	At the time he was living in Jacksonville, Florida where he grew up.
1:12.3	I had no idea who, what this could be.
1:16.5	So I called up really skeptical, like, yeah, whatever.
1:19.8	The clerk told him the name of the woman who had viled the case.
1:23.0	But all kind of snapped into focus.
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