Giampaolo Morelli, a 49-year-old Neapolitan actor, discovered last January that he had been raised by a father other than his biological father. “Before she died, my mother gave me a letter. “My real father is a different man,” he then said: “He is a family friend who died in 2013, he knew we were identical.”
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The actor Giampaolo Morelli In a long interview with Il Messaggero, he said that after 49 years he had found out who his real father was. Francis Morellia former Neapolitan judge, now 90 years old, is not the biological father, but a lawyer from the Naples bar who died in 2013. “A few days before my death, my mother gave me a letter. It said that it was my real father.” “Another man,” he then said: “He's a friend of the family who died in 2013, he knew we were identical.”
Giampaolo Morelli's story about his real father
On December 20, Giampaolo Morelli, with the support of lawyer Yuri Picciotti, initiated the legal process for the recognition of paternity, asking the judge to order a DNA test on the relatives of his alleged biological father. The Neapolitan actor told Il Messaggero that he learned the whole truth from his mother in January 2023. “A few days before his death My mother gave me a letter. It said that my real father was another man who was very close to my family and had always known the truth. He added that my biological father suspected I was not his son but was never sure,” he said. The man in question, a Neapolitan lawyer who died in 2013, was a family friend. “He would have had many opportunities to express himself,” but he never did. But now I understand why He was present in some moments of my life and that hurts me even more. Don't have any doubts.”
About Francesco Morelli: “He preferred not to see it all his life”
Francesco Morelli, who raised him as a father, is now 90 years old, “has severe memory lapses” and for this reason did not react to this situation. “I feel great tenderness for him All his life he preferred not to see italthough today I realize that his behavior was that of someone who always knew it,” commented the actor, who then explained that he had always felt the absence of a father figure. He added:
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Mine was never a loving father. There has always been a great distance between us. This discovery was very painful but I finally understand my insecurities. I always felt like something was missing, now I know why.
For this reason, he decided to take legal action because he was of the opinion “robbed of her father out of pure selfishness“. “Knowing that you were rejected by the man who gave birth to you is an indescribable pain. Now I have to rediscover my origins,” he commented.
“I don’t want to be deprived of my story”
Giampaolo Morelli said he didn't want to give up his story. “I just know that there are many uncles and cousins, that they are my story and I don’t want to withhold that story. For this reason, I hope that the judge will make arrangements for the DNA test on March 18th.” And “But above all, that they will accept it. For me, their no would be another rejection,” he commented, emphasizing that “justice must prevail.” “There are many children born out of wedlock. In most cases, the processes take years just because someone doesn't want to undergo a DNA test. This is adding insult to injury,” he continued, before concluding that he has indirectly included his story in all his films as a director.
In fact, in every person there is always a scene where you can see the small lights of a house in the distance. In these little lights I have searched all my life for a familiar warmth that I have never found.