Right or wrong? The question remains..

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When the border between the right and the wrong is somewhat unclear, it is hard for even judges to make decisions and then there are wrong verdicts made.

True crime investigative documentaries on Netflix

Our Father narrates the struggles of a lady who discovers that a well-known fertility doctor is her biological father. It does not stop at that. To her horror, she discovers that she has multiple half-siblings and the list continues. A record of 94 and there may be many more.

This Netflix documentary shows the interviews of the victims who had undergone infertility treatment in a clinic run by Dr.Donald Cline. At first, the biological daughter who discovers the truth tries to seek justice but it is not noticed or rather ignored until she approaches a newswoman who takes things into hand and helps her discover the truth which when unraveled becomes even more shocking.


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I am not narrating the entire story because it is something to be watched rather than retold.

The startling fact is that the doctor is only penalised with a $500 fine and let go considering his age and his services to society. What was ignored was the fact that he chose to use his own sperm to impregnate women whom he had told that he was using the husband's sperm. That was a clear act of injustice and a lie that went unpunished.

Imperfect children

All the children that the doctor fathered biologically are suffering from multiple health disorders which makes this case even more complicated. Several of them have auto-immune disorders and other diseases.

What made this case complicated, even more, was the fact that the doctor at first denied the allegations. He then threatened his own child that he would hurt her. He also carried a gun when he met the woman from the news channel. Later on, his son from his wife arranged a meeting with the children who were born from his sperm and they felt intimidated after he questioned each of them about their successes in life.

From the Time

How one woman discovered she had dozens of half-siblings
Jacoba Ballard’s life changed after she took an at-home DNA test and learned she had seven half-siblings. After reaching out to her newfound family members and researching the mystery of their shared relation, Ballard and her siblings soon discovered with horror what their parents’ trusted doctor had done. The number of confirmed siblings continued to grow as more people added their DNA to 23andMe’s database. Each time she saw a new connection appear on her profile, she’d steel herself before reaching out to deliver the news. “I know I’m going to call them and I’m going to ruin their life,” she says in the documentary.

Source - https://time.com/6176310/our-father-true-story-netflix/

If you love crime thrillers and the like or just a good documentary, make sure to watch this one because it makes you question the decisions the court makes and shows to what lengths people would go to prove themselves right.

Was it a move by the doctor to plant his seed and make sure that his genes are established or the race? Was it a move by the doctor who believed that he was always right to generate babies who would be like him?

One thing is sure. Whether or not he was punished, the world has come to know that such cases exist and hopefully, technology has advanced and it will become more difficult for such crimes to be committed.

The children aka victims are now afraid that they might end up, dating their own siblings or that their children might.
When the doctor committed such a crime, did he not think of such consequences?



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The documentary piqued my interest. How cruel that doctor to had done such things.

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I will have to check this one out. I like true crime and documentaries. I have probably seen this story fictionalized on Law and Order or Law and Order SVU. It sounds really familiar. Thanks for sharing the documentary.
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I actually saw this on the news, not Netflix. That is one sick doctor. Thanks for sharing.