Catfish Just Conducted Its Very First DNA Test (And The Results Are...)

Catfish just aired its very first episode featuring a DNA test, and the results would leave even Maury Povich gobsmacked.


On the show’s latest episode, detectives Nev and Kamie took on the case of Sparkayla, a Los Angeles resident who’d been confronting a potential case of mysterious half-sisterhood. Sparkayla instructed them duo that two years earlier, a Las Vegas resident named Maritha slid into her Instagram DMs and claimed that she was Sparkayla’s half-sister and that they shared a father.


Sparkayla, who’d had a tense relationship with her only other siblings, welcomed the idea of a sister with whom she may truly bond. And thus, Sparkayla and Maritha began talking each day, sharing intimate goings-on and sisterly secrets.


Still, Sparkayla’s partner Kiana was skeptical about Maritha’s intentions. Firstly, she mentioned, every time Sparkayla and Maritha had attempted to meet in person, Maritha had bailed. And while Maritha had once conceded to a video chat, the line was shaky and her visage was veiled in darkness. Mostly, Kiana was convinced Sparkayla was going to get hurt.


“I have to pick up the pieces,” Kiana mentioned. “It affects our relationship.”


Once Nev and Kamie started to do some sleuthing, things didn’t look good. For starters, Maritha’s Instagram profile only had nine posts plus a scant variety of followers. Then Nev got in touch with Sparkayla’s sisters Mika and Dajanay, who both mentioned Maritha had reached out to them also. Dajanay mentioned she even proceeded to ask the women’s father about Maritha’s identity, and he denied she was his.


Sparkayla, obviously, was crushed.


“Family is everything,” she mentioned. “I was hoping [Maritha] was my sister because she’s a really nice person. We communicate.”


Finally, Nev got Maritha to agree to meet Sparkayla -- nevertheless the former suggested an ominous admonition.


“I never meant to hurt her,” Maritha mentioned. “There’s a lot more to this that you don’t know. I don’t know if I’m ready.”


Ready or not, Maritha drove from Las Vegas to meet the Catfish team, and any time whenever she arrived, she was — to the shock of Sparkayla — the woman she’d been claiming to be.


“I was just shady because I had a lot of disappointment in my life any time Once I attempted to meet my family member members,” she mentioned, adding that she’d looked for Sparkayla for several years however had only ever known of a potential sister named “Sparkles,” which didn’t lead to successful search results.


Finally, one day, Maritha got Sparkayla’s contact intelligence from a uncle, inciting the final search.


So Maritha was real, although was she, indeed, Sparkayla’s half-sister?


Just as soon as things seemed promising, Maritha dropped a bombshell: Her fear of hurting Sparkayla stemmed from the fact that her father had instructed her it was actually Sparkayla — not Maritha — who wasn’t his child.


Understandably, Sparkayla looked like she’d saw a ghost. Although she then determined to play her final hand: She and Maritha had take a DNA test to be able to see if they were, indeed, half-siblings.


Soon after some serious nerves, mouth swab along with a tough 24-hour wait, Nev and Kamie sat down with Sparkayla and Maritha. And the verdict was in: They were half-sisters!


The females broke down in tears, and while they took a photo, side-by-side, with the results of the test in their grasp, Kamie had one suggestion: "Be sure to send it to your dad."


Two months later, while in a followup with Nev and Kamie, Sparkayla and Maritha mentioned they’d begun seeing each other more often and were even celebrating birthdays with each other. Nevertheless what do you know of Catfish’s twisted-sister story? Were you surprised by the DNA results? Share your thoughts right after you wipe away your tears), and hang tight for the next episode!