![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/how-4m-lottery-winner-who-lived-off-6500-a-month-allowance-made-heartbreaking-discovery-before-her-death/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23092687-1689686193362.jpg&description=A LOTTERY winner who won £4million made a heartbreaking discovery before her death. Transgender Melissa Ede, from Hull, appeared on the Jeremy Kyle show under the tagline 'My dad became a woman then told me I wasn't his daughter! DNA results'. 3 Transgender cabbie Melissa Ede faced her children on the Jeremy Kyle show Credit: ITV 3 It was revealed her daughter Emily wasn't her biological child It came just months before the former taxi driver scooped a £4million jackpot from a £10 scratchcard in Decebmber 2017. She went on to give herself a monthly allowance of £6,500 with an annual salary of £78,000 — ten times more than she used to earn. The 58-year-old gained notoriety after appearing on the now-axed ITV show in January 2017. She was dealt a devastating blow after a DNA test revealed her daughter Emily wasn't actually her biological child. Emily said to Kyle: 'I was told my dad might not be my father. But it's not only that. He transitioned into a woman.' The children reportedly cut ties with Melissa after the episode aired. After winning the jackpot she vowed not to give any of the cash to her children. But her estranged daughter Emily insisted she "didn't want a penny". She told a pal: 'I don't care that she has £4million. It does not alter her personality. 'People are saying, 'I bet you come out the woodwork now because you want money." 'I don't. I just want to keep as far away from her as possible.' Melissa's youngest son also hit out at her for walking out on the family when he was aged just seven. He told the Mirror how before her transition she only sent "a birthday card with an IOU for £20". The son slammed: "He took us to McDonald's every other weekend, then stopped turning up. A few years back we went for a pint. He was still Les and gave a sob story and asked to borrow money. "I would never ask for anything off him.' But Mel moved on to the "next phase" of her transformation and splashed out £50,000 to look like "the Hull's version of Katie Price". She){kind=link}
A LOTTERY winner who won £4million made a heartbreaking discovery before her death.
Transgender Melissa Ede, from Hull, appeared on the Jeremy Kyle show under the tagline ‘My dad became a woman then told me I wasn’t his daughter! DNA results’.
It came just months before the former taxi driver scooped a £4million jackpot from a £10 scratchcard in Decebmber 2017.
She went on to give herself a monthly allowance of £6,500 with an annual salary of £78,000 – ten times more than she used to earn.
The 58-year-old gained notoriety after appearing on the now-axed ITV show in January 2017.