What do you mean by "somehow"?
You can click on your name from the top right of your Steam browser and see everything that happened to your account.
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Have a look at: https://store.steampowered.com/account
It should tell you when you got the game, and whether you bought it, it was complimentary (free from Valve) or a gift.
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You may see this "Portal - Complimentary (Opt In)" on your account if you got it free before 24 May 2010, like me.
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I just checked today and I somehow got Portal free and not from any giveaways or from preordering Portal 2.
Did anyone else get it for free?
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