Is Min-Jae really a Kang?

[redstone911]

We have an interesting discussion going on over at the Philly OMR group! What if Min-jae is not really a Kang after all, but is secretly the son of In-Hwan and Soon-young, but they just didn't know it?
There seems to be clues that point in that direction...perhaps
Min-jae may not be the true son of Soon-young's first husband after all....

I recall hearing Soon-young admit that she had not heard from her ex-
husband in a long time...probably since their divorce became
final...Min-jae's birth father never bothered to keep in touch with his son......Min-jae once told Hyun-kyu that his own father (Min-jae's)
never even hugged him....which could mean that Kang may have
suspected that Min-jae was not his real son,and that realization
could have made him hate both Soon-young and Min-jae.....

I can speculate at what might happen in a future episode....

Here is a POSSIBLE scenario:

Soon-young meets an old acquaintance, perhaps a friend, who tells
her that her first husband has just died and gives the location of
the funeral parlor.....Soon-young tells Min-jae to pay his respects
to his late father, but when he arrives (perhaps with Yu-jin), he
sees his paternal relatives there...he gets reaquainted with his old
relatives, one of them talks to Min-jae in private, revealing a
secret that explains why the late Kang had never bothered to keep in
touch with Min-jae....The elder Kang was impotent, .....Min-jae
could not have been his son after all, and he knew it, so unless
Soon-young has had another man besides Kang and In-hwan, Min-jae's
REAL father had to be......In-Hwan! So that revelation would go a
long way in explaining why Min-jae's father NEVER hugged him even
when he was little, and why the elder Kang's marriage to Soon-young
ended in divorce! Then, we finally learn another secret from the
past....In-hwan (still single) secretly met Soon-young for one last
time shortly before she married the elder Kang, and the product of
their liason was Min-jae, but both didn't know it...
Soon-young marries the elder Kang,who later is initially happy that
his wife is pregnant, finds out from a doctor that he couldn't sire
children, becomes completely outraged but does not tell his
wife...and mistreats both Min-jae and Soon-young during the time
they all live together...and Kang was probably upset that his wife
wasn't a virgin on their wedding night as well! Min-jae is
completely stunned by this revelation, and later,Yu-jin, sensing
something is wrong, asks him what is the matter.....Yu-jin is also
shocked to find out the truth, but she is also elated, as well, and
suggests they reveal this secret to the rest of the Oh family, but
Min-jae tells her not to....later, Min-jae ponders on what he has to
do next.....

Yu-jin cannot keep this a secret any longer and tells Soon-young,

Soon-young makes a surprise visit down at Joyland, and of course, In-hwan is surprised to see his wife...She tells him what Yu-jin just said....

You cannot imagine the joy that In-hwan feels right now....He
summons Min-jae to his office, and hugs him, and repeatedly calls
him his TRUE son, and how proud he is of him....They call Hyun-kyu
in and the younger Oh is amazed and overjoyed to learn that Min-jae
is his half-brother, and not just a step-brother!

Meanwhile, no one back at the house utters a word of this to Kwei-
boon!

Later, both In-hwan and Soon-young see Kwei-boon, and finally let
her know the truth! Kwei-boon is stunned, and cannot accept
this...she flips out completely upon realizing that the man she
shunned and hated all her life because they were not blood-related
turns out to be her REAL grandson after all!

Far-fetched? I would hope not!

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[JadeEyes]

I really don't see how this could be possible. If Young-soon and In-hwan had been intimate before she married and she discovered she was pregnant soon after (within a few weeks or a month or 2 of getting married), she certainly would have some idea that In-hwan might be the father. If that was the case, I think she might've done something about it way before now...like tell In-hwan he could be the father and maybe have him take a paternity test.

Furthermore, I would think In-hwan himself would wonder about this. He must know Min-jae's birthdate and the guy strikes me as someone who can do basic math. For another thing, if Mr. Kang (senior) had been impotent, I doubt this could've slipped past Young-soon unnoticed. Need I be more specific?

Jade

[redstone911]

JadeEyes said:

I really don't see how this could be possible. If Young-soon and In-hwan had been intimate before she married and she discovered she was pregnant soon after (within a few weeks or a month or 2 of getting married), she certainly would have some idea that In-hwan might be the father. If that was the case, I think she might've done something about it way before now...like tell In-hwan he could be the father and maybe have him take a paternity test.

Furthermore, I would think In-hwan himself would wonder about this. He must know Min-jae's birthdate and the guy strikes me as someone who can do basic math. For another thing, if Mr. Kang (senior) had been impotent, I doubt this could've slipped past Young-soon unnoticed. Need I be more specific?

Jade

I don't think the notion is far-fetched....Two people could lose themselves in a few hours of secret passion a couple of days before one of them gets married...then they don't see each other for years....and we all know that NOT all babies are born exactly nine months after conception.....As far as the possibility of the elder Kang's impotence, you're partly right...and I actually went to the webMD.com site just to get their definition of impotence.....What I actually meant was low sperm count; that problem could easily be concealed......

[nsheldon]

If Min jae were really a Kang, I would think that his father and the rest of the Kang clan would have stayed in contact with him or would never have let Min jae's mother keep him. I think the scenario of Min jae really being an Oh makes sense. Perhaps In hwan & Min jae's mother don't know that Min jae could be an Oh. Or maybe they do know & for whatever reason, have decided to keep quiet about it (could really piss off mean grandma to think they had been intimate before either of them had married).. But think of the possibilites if Min jae were really an Oh! I would love to see how mean grandma would handle that!!

I think it more strange that Min jae's paternal family has had no contact with him through the years. Just from the dramas I have watched so far, seems they put a lot of stock into children being with the father. I suppose this will all come out (or not) in time. I can say one thing for OMR... Has a lot of mysteries & secrets.

[JadeEyes]

Yes, I suppose if the problem was Mr. Kang had been infertile due to low sperm count, or poor sperm quality, that's something he might've found out on his own and kept private from his wife and everyone else.

However, I still say if Young-soon and In-hwan had been together in that way before she married, they would at least have some idea Min-jae could be In-hwan's son. But it doesn't seem they've ever even considered the possibility.

Jade