I'm not sure if I can say anything that others haven't said already, but my two cents:
He should know that you love him.
22 is a mature age.
You can confide in him all the chaos that happened with his mother, then offer to have testing or not - as he desires. Tell him that no matter what you're still his Pa and that you love him, it just might be nice to know so he can have proper medical records.
Sounds like he knows that his mother is unstable, might not be a terrible shock to learn she was unstable then as well.
Sticking with "You're my son no matter what" is important, though.
Oh, and talking to him in person about this matter would be preferable to e-mail or telephone.
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