Co-Workers Are Really Father and Son

(Feb. 12) – Police Sgt. Chris Walker struggled to solve the mystery of finding his own biological father -- until one day when he realized the man working with him in a Virginia police department shared his DNA, reported the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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What Are the Chances?

Are You My Dad? Police Sgt. Chris Walker, right, had suspicions about the new detective in his Petersburg, Va., police department. After chatting him up, Walker knew -- the new guy was his dad. Det. Clay Hamilton was a teenager when he dated Walker's mom. A DNA test proved the link in February. Click for more odds-defying stories.

Clement Britt, Richmond Times-Dispatch

The story started 37 years ago, when a teenager named Clay Hamilton dated a slightly older woman who had just separated from her husband, the newspaper said. The woman lost touch after she got pregnant, returned to her husband and moved. Hamilton tried to contact her, but to no avail.

More recently, Hamilton retired from the Richmond, Va., police department and took another job with the Petersburg police -- where Walker works, according to the 'Today' show.

Walker told the Times-Dispatch that the man's name sounded familiar, so he chatted him up. He ran the details he learned by his mom.

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"There was a pause on the phone, and she said, 'That’s your dad'," Walker told the newspaper.

A DNA test proved the link.

"I cried" over the news, Hamilton told the Today show.

Walker has no hard feelings, he said. "He's my dad, and I love him," he told the newspaper. "God works in the mysterious ways."

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Stories That Made Us Smile

Japan's railway company Keihin Express Railway Co. employee Mitue Endo, 26, stares at the smile meter to measure her smile at Tokyo's Shinagawa Station on July 23. The electronic system comprised of a computer and a digital camera is being used on a trial basis to improve customer service.

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