The man Mariska Hargitay called dad wasn’t her biological father — here’s who really was

surrounding such a revelation is that accepting a biological truth somehow betrays the parent who was actually present.

Mariska ultimately found another way to understand it.

Acknowledging Nelson did not require rejecting Mickey.

The two men occupied different places in her life.

One connection involved biology.

The other involved the daily reality of fatherhood.continue reading …