Oprah has deep family secret that she swears on a stack of O magazines isn’t about one of her dogs crapping out puppies. She has been teasing her fans with hints to this family secret that will make you snatch a box of tissues and speed dial Dr. Phil.

“I was given some news that literally shook me to my core… I was keeping a family secret for months, and on Monday you’re going to hear it straight from me. I thought I’d seen it all, but this, my friends, is the miracle of all miracles.”

A celebrity biographer named Kitty Kelley has dug up the secret and shared it with the world. (Way to steal a trick’s thunder.) Get ready to gasp and clutch your pearls…Oprah has a half sister she never knew about.

Via TOC Blog:

“Kitty Kelley (pictured left), the famed celebrity biographer who wrote the definitive story of Oprah’s life and career last year, told me Saturday that the secret is the half-sister who was placed for adoption as a baby. Citing an “inside family source,” Kelley said Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee, gave birth to the daughter named Patricia, whom she “gave away shortly after she was born because she couldn’t afford to take care of her.” Patricia, who is now a grandmother, will appear with Oprah on Monday’s show.”

That’s it? I was expecting something like she discovered that she had a twin brother named Barack Obama or Jesus was her Uncle. In related news a older woman from Mississippi was seen streaking through the streets screaming “This is better than winning the lottery! Ima gonna swim in a money pit, eat gold and ride flyin’ ponies!”

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