Personal Life

The Stranger in My Genesis, a book Bill then wrote about the impact this knowledge had on his family and his search for his biological father. It was a simple test, a cotton swab on the inside of his mouth. The lab had told him they had received a "weird result" from the trial and would then be rerunning the sample results. October 4, Bill was at work and received a message from Doug, the son of his father's brother, but the results had stated they were not blood-related. Charles Griffeth was not Bill Griffeth's biological father. He didn't know what to think, and nor did Cindy, his Wife.

Shocked was how Cindy described her reaction sooner to blame a mistake with the test than accuse Bill's Mother. As a result, Bill had his brother Chuck submit a test to a different DNA lab this time. Just before Thanksgiving, it was then that they learned that they had a separate Father. Bill is the youngest of five children to Frances Griffeth, described as a "quiet, pious Christian woman" in his book. Living in an assisted living facility, he was unsure whether or not to broach the subject with her.

When they were getting together to celebrate her birthday, regardless of his fear of ruining their few times a year get-together, Chuck, his brother, advised Bill to go ahead and ask. Awkward Bill claims it was not an easy topic to ask her, but they got through it. Learning his mother had, had a brief affair with a builder whom she had worked with, his mother claimed that she did not know who the father was at the time, and even Bill claims that he does not believe his father ever had an inkling that Bill was not his biological son. It was as if he lived in an illusion he claims where the reality he believed in was false.

With the last name Wyman, Cindy and Bill flew to Phoenix to learn about his birth father. Finding an old photo of him at the cemetery, Cindy joked that the man, just like her husband, had a love for golf. After printing out the picture of his newly found Father, Cindy claims a strong resemblance between the two. They traced his father's roots to Tennessee and visited some of the sites, but Bill has no plans on reaching out to any of those relatives.