Late Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson revealed that he had an adult daughter from a past affair years before he died at 79. In Touch looks back on his surprising revelation after she took to social media in 2025 with a statement to honor his memory in the wake of his passing.

During an episode of their Unashamed podcast, Si shared memories of his older brother along with nephew Zach Dasher, Zach’s wife Jill, and longtime friend and employee Justin Martin. And Si says that he had been praying for an end to his brother’s suffering:

Five years before Phil Robertson died, an unexpected addition came into his life. In early 2020, the Duck Dynasty patriarch found out that he had an adult daughter named Phyllis, whom he fathered after an affair in the 1970s.