# Michael Phelps' dad is Fred Phelps!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-phelps-dad-is-fred-phelps/460791 "2008-08-21T13:01:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-phelps-dad-is-fred-phelps/460791/1 "2008-08-21T13:01:00Z")

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Well, OK, not THAT Fred Phelps. Still, I got a little bit of a chuckle when I read that…

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-phelps-dad-is-fred-phelps/460791/2 "2008-08-21T16:12:46Z")

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I just saw that yesterday. Oh man how horrible is that? Very unfortunate.