Go Gyeol Reveals Adoption Secret With 25-Year-Old Photo in Our Happy Days

In the KBS1TV daily drama 'Our Happy Days' broadcast on June 25, 2026, Go Gyeol (played by Yoon Jong-hoon) confessed the fact of his adoption to Eun-ae (played by Uhm Hyun-kyung). As Eun-ae confirmed that Yeong-hwa (played by Jung Young-sook) is her maternal grandmother, the possibility of a blood relation between the two surfaced, and Go Gyeol personally explained his birth background using a single photo from 25 years ago.

Eun-ae Confirms Yeong-hwa Is Her Maternal Grandmother

Eun-ae fell into shock upon learning that Yeong-hwa is her maternal grandmother. She expressed bewilderment at the situation where the two might be relatives, saying to Go Gyeol, “To think Team Leader's grandmother was my maternal grandmother. Then are we cousins?” At first, Go Gyeol could not immediately accept the possibility that the two could be linked by blood.

Yeon-ja's confession regarding the orphanage and adoption to France

Unaware that Yeong-hwa is her biological mother, Yeon-ja visited Yeong-hwa to pour out her past life. Yeon-ja mentioned the scars of being abandoned by her mother in the past and said she was sent to an orphanage at the suggestion of a restaurant owner who had taken her in.

Yeon-ja confessed that she was subsequently adopted to France but had the adoption dissolved five years later and returned to Korea, and had to live in an orphanage ever since. Recalling Hwajeon, the food she loved most as a child, she said, “Ever since the person who made that abandoned me and left, I haven't been able to eat it.” While listening to those words, Yeong-hwa swallowed her tears without being able to reveal that she is the biological mother.

The photo of his biological father from 25 years ago shown by Go Gyeol

As Eun-ae began to avoid him due to the possibility of a blood relation with Go Gyeol, Go Gyeol showed Eun-ae a photo from 25 years ago. Pointing to the person in the photo, Go Gyeol said, “This is my father. My real father who, on the day he first met little Jo Eun-ae at the playground 25 years ago, asked me to go to a birthday party.”

Go Gyeol directly told Eun-ae the fact that he is an adoptee and has a separate biological father. It was a scene where Go Gyeol brought up the family history he had hidden for a long time as the uncertainty surrounding their relationship grew.

Eun-ae met her father Seong-jun (played by Sunwoo Jae-duk) and informed him that Yeong-hwa is Yeon-ja's biological mother. Eun-ae explained, “It seems Grandmother recognized her immediately after seeing Mom's burn scar yesterday,” and Seong-jun expressed bewilderment, saying, “I simply cannot believe it.” Eun-ae could not finish her sentence, saying, “If Team Leader's grandmother is my maternal grandmother, then the Team Leader and I are...” Yeon-ja, unaware that Yeong-hwa is her biological mother, visited Yeong-hwa again to deliver a side dish container.