Elon Musk's dad went down a pretty unconventional route after finding out his stepdaughter was pregnant with his child.
Errol Musk had raised Jana Bezuidenhout since she was four years old with his wife at the time, Heide Bezuidenhout.
Despite being 41 years younger than Errol, Jana found out that she was pregnant with his child in 2017 aged 30.
Errol initially denied he was the father, but it was later confirmed via DNA test that Errol was the child's biological dad.
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In 2017, a year after 'reconnecting', Errol and Jana formed a romantic relationship and welcomed their first child, who was soon followed by their second. Errol previously explained that he and Jana began their relationship while he 'helped her get over a breakup'.
In a recent interview, Errol has spoken about the moment he found out he had fathered his stepdaughter's child.
Speaking to Joshua Rubin on the Wide Awake podcast, he explained: "When she came here for three weeks we spent a lot of time together and we just got on terribly well.
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"Then she left. A couple of months later, she called me...and said, 'I'm pregnant'.
"I'm not sure what I said exactly but I'm pretty sure I said 'it's not me'.
"So she said, 'it is you', so I said I didn't really believe that because that's standard story from women, you know."
After seeing proof that he had in fact got his stepdaughter pregnant, he made the choice to leak his own shocking news to the press.
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Reflecting on the decision, he said: "I leaked it to the daily news.
"I don't hide about my children."
When the interviewer asked whether he was nervous about his ex-wife finding out that he had a baby with her daughter, he responded: "No, she was remarried.
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"One woman is another woman.
"Remember in two thirds of the world right now, the marriageable age is 12."
His relationship with tech giant son, Elon Musk, has said to have been impacted as a result of the pregnancies.
A relative of the family who spoke to the Daily Mail claimed: "Errol got Jana pregnant. He is the father of her baby boy, but he was a father to her.
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"The whole family was outraged when we found out. This is the reason why Elon is so angry with Errol.
"He is the only father she has ever known. And now he is the father of her child as well."
Errol married Maye Musk in 1970 and had three children - Elon, Kimbal and Tosca.
He later went on to marry Jana's mother, Heide.
Topics: Elon Musk, Parenting, Sex and Relationships
Mia Williams