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Posted on 5/13/22 at 8:12 am
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 5/13/22 at 8:12 am
Crazy how there isnt a federal law.

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In 2014, at 35, the Indiana native’s wish came true when she took a 23andMe DNA test and discovered that she had at least seven half brothers and sisters living within a 25-mile radius of her. 

But Ballard’s lifelong dream of having a big family quickly warped as her half-sibling matches ballooned. Over the next eight years, she found a staggering 94 (and counting) fair-haired brothers and sisters — and one man at the root of their sordid family tree. They all shared a father, fertility doctor Donald Cline.


Posted by Vrai
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2003
3899 posts
Posted on 5/13/22 at 8:23 am to
And it somehow managed to take an even darker twist towards the end
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52798 posts
Posted on 5/13/22 at 9:37 am to
I watched Baby God, which is about the same thing, different doctor.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
11456 posts
Posted on 5/13/22 at 6:51 pm to
We had to do IVF and started the doc about 20 minutes ago.

What a sack of shite.

Makes me feel good about us using a female doctor.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
14792 posts
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:49 am to
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he found a staggering 94 (and counting) fair-haired brothers and sisters — and one man at the root of their sordid family tree.

It's scary for that community (Marion County, IA). How many of those 94+ had their own children and those kids are unkowingly dating their 1st cousins that haven't been discovered yet?
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
3927 posts
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:59 am to
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Crazy how there isnt a federal law.


I'm guessing they would have charged him with fraud or sexual assault but the statute of limitations had probably long expired by the time they discovered the truth (the kids were in their 30s and 40s by then). Pretty much every crime except murder has a statute of limitations.

It's disingenuous for the documentary not to mention this important fact and paint the prosecutor as some sort of amoral misogynist who might have been part of this guy's circle of influence. I would be pissed if I was that guy. At one point the documentary said something to the effect of "this doctor went to church and a lot of people who work in government also go to church so..."

On the flip side of the coin there have also been cases where a couple begins IVF and they break up or the man opts out and the woman proceeds and uses his frozen sperm anyway. Is that rape? It's effectively the same thing but I'm guessing most people would see it differently.
Posted by jbraua
Oklahoma City, OK
Member since Oct 2007
6794 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 10:31 pm to
Watched it. That is some crazy fricked up stuff.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36119 posts
Posted on 5/18/22 at 7:13 am to
Watched this last night. Incredibly fricked up.

Got to wonder what the guy's motivation/intent was.
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