S1 Update: An Appointment With Dr. Cline

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🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In 1972, Cline impregnated a patient with his own sperm, maybe for the first time. The Farber twins are the oldest known Cline siblings. When one of them needed a fertility doctor, she went to the best.

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0:00.0	This episode of Sick deals with sexual themes.
0:02.4	Just keep that in mind if you have kids around.
0:04.8	3-4 years ago, both of my children and I were diagnosed with a genetic condition.
0:19.8	I also knew that I'm a carrier for a genetic disease that is prevalent in Ashkenazi Jews.
0:28.8	Ali Farber Kramer sent in her 23-and-meekit for health reasons.
0:33.1	She got her results back in June of 2019.
0:36.0	I looked through the medical history, no surprises, and then I opened the DNA Relative section
0:42.8	and it said I had 23 or 24 DNA relatives and it listed them all.
0:51.2	I also had a message from someone named Jacoba Ballard saying she was sure I was confused
0:57.5	by my results if I had any questions feel free to contact her.
1:02.4	Ali didn't think much of it.
1:04.4	She thought Jacoba worked for 23 and me and that the relatives she saw were just a mistake.
1:09.9	She kind of forgot about it.
1:11.4	Months passed.
1:12.4	Then, on December 9th, 2019, an episode of Dr. Phil Eard.
1:17.5	A fertility doctor who fathered nearly 70 children is warning his secret offspring to keep
1:24.0	quiet.
1:25.5	He was titled DNA Drama for Tilly Doctors' Secret Children.
1:30.5	Some of the people you heard on this podcast joined Dr. Phil to talk about their experiences.
1:35.2	One of them was Matt White.
1:36.8	I immediately knew that I was going to be a part of this because he looked just like me.
1:42.1	Ali didn't catch the show when it aired.
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