Questions about beauty queen Grace Chan and her twin brother Derek Chan’s ethnicity, and rumours that they were both adopted has been going around for years. They are born to Hong Kong parents and have an older sister named Joyce.
For father’s day this year, Derek shared a hilarious tribute to their dad. Father and son were photographed in a funny role reversal of sorts – dad sucking his thumb whilst sitting on his son’s lap. “Happy Father’s Day! You’ve grown up so much, proud of you” cheekily captioned Derek. The recent photo of father and son sitting side by side seems to have once again roused discussion of Derek’s paternity because Derek’s mixed-race features looks so much different from his dad’s Chinese features. In fact, they were even challenged however unnecessarily by an influencer to take a DNA test proving his paternity.
A Million Dollar Challenge
Hong Kong influencer Joseph Lam Chok said he’s willing to pay HK$ 1 million to have father and son prove they’re related by blood. If the test proves paternity, he’ll pay them 1 million. If it proves they’re not blood related, he said he’ll still pay up if Derek checks whether he has Indian or Pakistani roots. Crazy right? And also quite unnecessary and disrespectful to be really honest. But wait! The story doesn’t end there.
A Shocking Turn of Events?
When asked by Hong Kong media HK01 as to why he issued the challenge, Joseph Lam answered, “I’ve endured it for too many years. It’s justice, even the blind can see it, but after all these years, no one dares to speak up. Joseph Lam who dares to speak needs to step up.“
Updating his followers on Instagram, the influencer claimed “I just received an answer from Derek Chan not Cheung. Because this is quite an unexpected and shocking development, I’m currently trying to process how to respond. I will update at 4 pm today and might put in my response. For now, I really don’t know how to react… very shocked.”
An Unexpected Turn
Turns out the big reveal supposedly came in the form of a 26 second clip of what appears to be Derek Chan saying goodbye and that he’ll miss everyone. However, after the huge fuss he made out of it, the influencer also made sure to say that he is unable to verify if the source of the information is a fake account or not.
In the clip, Derek can be heard saying “There’s been so many father’s day. And I feel like every single one is special to me. I just wanna say to dad you know I love you so much. Thank you for always taking care of me, being there for me. I’m gonna miss everyone, and obviously we’re gonna stay in contact, but I think all the laughters, all the card games, and all the conversations, that’s what I’m gonna miss the most. I’ll catch up with you guys real soon“.
Joseph wrote in the caption, “Derek, probably didn’t want to face the pressure and decided to leave Hong Kong. He made a farewell video for everyone. I was shocked when I saw his video this morning. None of us wanted Derek to leave. None of us want a family to be separated.”
Skeptical Netizens pointed out Derek appears to be wearing the same clothes he wore for his father’s day photo which suggests the vid (if real) was shot way before this whole brouhaha and definitely not as a response to the challenge.
Meanwhile, the slightly bizarre turn of events continues with the influencer suddenly making an appeal for Derek to stay. “… Derek, as long as you don’t leave, I’m willing to take back my offer … as long as you agree to stay…”
The Twins Celebrate Their Birthday
Grace Chan and Derek Chan just celebrated their 31st birthday on June 23. It appears the twins are unbothered as they happily shared their celebration with wacky photos of their family. Grace is also the wife of actor Kevin Cheng. As to why Derek’s leaving, it’s been reported that Grace had revealed in an earlier interview with the media back in April that Derek intends to immigrate to Canada to start a new life.
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What a RACIST and Rude guy!!!! It is not his business!!! He is just trying to use the Chan siblings for his own purpose…Honestly, someone should just bitch slap him..
Anon
Why get so emotional over this? Nothing out of the ordinary in show biz. And from the article, that question has been around for years, nothing new.
I have no idea who any of those parties are or what prompted this challenge. But to me, it is so patently obvious that the guy “twin” is not a product of a full chinese blood mum and dad pair. Don’t even look a shred like older sister either. If they were adopted, just say so. What’s the big deal about it? What’s the purpose of denying all those rumors for years? It’s not as if they themselves don’t know it by now. And it would not affect their legal status as the children of the Chan family anyway.
Simple solution ; unless ….. there are skeletons in the closet they have to keep under wraps at all cost.
Sara
Likewise, what is the need to suffer for their lineage? It’s not like it affects your life.
Coralie
It’s hard to say. Angelababy had doctor’s proof that she haven’t had any surgery done to her face (but whether there’s any “soft” surgery done is questionable), yet people still think she’s lying.
Even if Grace and her brother show proof of paternity, will that change people’s opinions? I think, if they really want to put the matter to rest, it’s prob best to get paternity test through multiple sources to shut people’s mouths. But at the same time, if they’re not their parents’ kids, I find it disingenuous to keep up the facade that they are. People will doubt them no matter how hard they explain.
It is a personal family matter, but in the face of the public, their identity will always be questioned and that’s not fair to any of them. I sympathize if they didn’t want any of this to be revealed to the public as it’s really none of anyone’s business, but here we are.
Kelli321
I mean, angelababy actually looks like a mix of both her parents. In this case however, it’s not impossible for genetics to skip a generation or so. Not that it’s any of our business.
Coralie
Exactly, I say with a healthy dose of doubt benefit, that maybe their genes really skipped a generation. I could see some resemblance of Grace to her mom, but the dad is totally non-existent.
This reminds me of Khloe Kardashian and how there’s a lot of public skepticism about her being a true Kardashian. I personally don’t think she’s actually Sr. Kardashian’s biological daughter, and she won’t come out to admit it on TV, leading to neverending speculation on her lineage. Like, I wouldn’t want to do that to myself – having people question my identity forever. But it is what they want to keep in the family, so it is what it is.
Joni
AB has an established mixed lineage. Don’t think anyone questioned her untypical chinese looks. People were just saying she had plastic surgery done, which half the celebrities do anyway.
Do this Chan twins have mixed lineage too in their forefathers? That would be the simple explanation for their looks. If there was, why would this talk of “not biological children” be going on for so long?
Sandy
Joni, there is no such thing as the typical Chinese look. They come in many shapes and sizes. What happens is that people always have a stereotypical image of them.
Dee
How is this even possible .. he is hella rude … why is this your concern … crazy person
Anon
It is so obviously possible. Why is he rude? It’s nothing new. People in that circle have been asking the same question for years.
Confused
I really don’t mean to be racist or rude but I have also been wondering about this to myself! All along I thought I was the only one who realised haha