Sarah Hyland has been keeping a pretty big secret for a very long time: The 21-year-old “Modern Family” actress has grappled with kidney disease since she was in single digits.

The good news? In April she got a kidney transplant, and now she’s sharing her story, via Seventeen and “Good Morning America.”

“My dad gave me a freakin’ kidney!” she told Seventeen, which features her on its June/July cover.

Read the full story on LA Times

English: Sarah Hyland at the World of Color premiere at Disney California Adventure Park, June 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)