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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Junior_Letterhead524 on 2026-04-01 00:41:32+00:00.
So this didn’t happen today, or even this decade.
This is a 20‑year‑long slow‑burn internet accident that started when I was young, bored, and armed with the chaotic confidence only the mid‑2000s could produce.
Back in 2005, Wikipedia was basically the Wild West. You could edit a page, hit save, and boom — you were now the world’s leading expert on whatever you just lied about. No citations, no moderators breathing down your neck, no bots screaming “SOURCE?” Just vibes.
So one night, for absolutely no reason other than being a little gremlin with dial‑up internet, a friend and I opened Chevy Chase’s Wikipedia page and added a new line under “Children”:
“Bryan Perkins (son)”
That’s it. No backstory. No explanation. No attempt to make it believable. I didn’t even give myself a middle name. I just dropped myself into the Chase family tree like a Sims character and went to bed.
And here’s the part where the universe said, “Yeah, sure, why not.”
Search engines scraped it.
Celebrity‑bio sites copied it.
Fan wikis repeated it.
And suddenly the entire internet was like, “Ah yes, Chevy Chase’s mysterious fourth child, Bryan. Of course.”
I forgot about it.
The internet did not.
Years passed.
Then a decade.
Then two.
Every so often someone would message me like, “Dude, Google says you’re Chevy Chase’s son???” And I’d have to explain that no, I’m not a secret Hollywood baby — I’m just an idiot who edited Wikipedia in 2005.
The funniest part?
Siri still believes it.
Ask her who Chevy Chase’s kids are and she’ll confidently list me like I’m showing up for Thanksgiving at the Chase estate.
At this point, the lie has lasted longer than some marriages.
I’ve become a ghost in the algorithm — a digital Bigfoot. Somewhere out there, a confused Chevy Chase fan is wondering why his “son” looks like a guy who buys gas station coffee and argues with his dad about the thermostat.
So yeah.
TIFU by accidentally becoming Chevy Chase’s secret son for 20 years.
And honestly?
I think the internet wants to keep me.
- Bryan Perkins
March 2026
Surviving ESRD
PS The parade magazine article about his daughter, Emily Chase references me in it as the “fake brother”
TL;DR:
In 2005 I jokingly added myself as Chevy Chase’s son on Wikipedia, forgot about it, and the entire internet spent the next 20 years confidently insisting I was his secret child. Siri still believes it.