Name That Drama: My sister is my mother
by DB Staff
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I heard a story somewhere and I remembered that I have watched a Korean drama with such a plot, however I don’t recall which one it was. I don’t even know if it’s a plot or sub-plot. I hope you guys can help me. Here’s the story: A man finds out that his mom has gave birth to him in very young age, so the mom’s parents registered the boy as their own. So his older sister which he adored is actually his mother and the parents are his grandparents.
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1 rabarella
May 4, 2024 at 11:05 AM
my first thought was lovers in paris, but iirc only the father/grandfather was around and OP mentioned 'parents/grandparents'
on another note, this is actually quite a common trope in a lot of kdramas haha
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Britney
May 4, 2024 at 11:40 AM
This is common?!
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Gikata
May 4, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Scandalous birth secrets in kdramas? Of course!
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Britney
May 4, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I meant this specific topic: grandparents raising the kid as their own while the mother is treated as the sister.
Funny enough, I know birth secrets is kdrama trope but I don't remember any shows with it except Perfect Marriage Revenge haha
Guess that's a perk of not being into melodramas: not having to see this much.
Oh, just remembered Dr. Cha probably also counts as fulfilling the trope.
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Gikata
May 4, 2024 at 2:03 PM
With the traditionally horrendous treatment of single mothers in SK, that must've been the topic of at least a few shows. I have a vague memory of some serial killer thriller where it was a thing, but cannot remember the title or plot in detail(((
Hanamana
May 4, 2024 at 2:59 PM
OMG! It's the one, Thank you!
I've completely forgotten about this drama.
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2 Bebe | Nessa❣️
May 4, 2024 at 11:49 AM
The only one I can think of right now is not even a Korean drama but a Hong Kong drama, “Triumph in the Skies” season 1:
The ML’s parents divorced when he was little, and at the time of the divorce, his mother was pregnant with his younger brother, so she raised the ML’s younger brother telling him that she’s his sister and only reveals to him much later in life that she’s actually his mother and that ML isn’t his nephew but really is his older brother
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3 Seon-ha
May 4, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I mean, this is the story that we have been told about Jack Nicholson's childhood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson
Truth can be stranger than fiction.
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Hanamana
May 4, 2024 at 3:04 PM
It's the story that made me reminisce that drama
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4 korfan
May 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
A drama that comes to mind is Queen of Ambition. The birth situation was a subplot though. The main plot was a whole other wild ride starring Kwon Sang-woo and Soo Ae.
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5 Bunny S.
May 4, 2024 at 8:34 PM
If it is a drama from the past few years, then I think it is Golden Spoon.
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6 Tazzo
May 5, 2024 at 2:53 AM
It’s from an Indian drama series of yonder years, very specifically, this one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchh_Jhuki_Palkain and came out in 2002.
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7 Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
May 5, 2024 at 10:13 AM
With the number of noona romances happening, I shudder to think one day we would be watching 'my girlfriend is my mother'....
Jokes apart, there was an Indian TV drama long back (with terrible casting) and it was a drag. But I think Lovers in Paris was a very highly rated drama. So it is good? Has it aged well?
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Hanamana
May 5, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I have watched it a few years ago and liked it then. However now I don't know how could I watch and end it. It has some very annoying second leads and draggy episodes, so I don't recommend. but I should say that it also has some iconic scenes.
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Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
May 5, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Thanks!
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8 🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
May 5, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Quite a mind blowing premise!! 😅😳
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Healer’s
May 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
It sounds too familiar I must have watched it but I couldn’t remember which one.
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
May 5, 2024 at 6:47 PM
I'm thinking it's either Seo In-guk or Kim Young-kwang ... but then if they were the leads someone might have already figured it out. Its like the drama is on the tip of my tongue or edge of my mind but I can't really put my finger on it. 😅🧐
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Kurama
May 5, 2024 at 9:14 PM
SIG's drama plot was a little bit different. He fell in love with a woman who could be his sister.
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
May 5, 2024 at 10:29 PM
😂 Yes ... I mean no, not that one!!
9 redfox
May 6, 2024 at 7:08 AM
sim having a feeling I watched this. I can even picture the actress but dont know the title
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10 technicat
May 7, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I feel like I've seen that, but the only story along that line I can remember is Andi Mack on the Disney Channel.
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