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The Doctor Who Secretly Fathered 94 Children: The Indiana Voicemail
The Doctor Who Secretly Fathered 94 Children: The Indiana Voicemail
Curiosity turned into a crisis when a 2014 consumer DNA test linked Jacoba Ballard to eight unexpected half-siblings and revealed a secret that would upend trust in an Indianapolis fertility clinic; how did one doctor become the biological father of at least 94 people over a 13-year span, and what does a private voicemail reveal about his awareness and intent?
In this episode, we tell the story that begins with a cheek swab and unfolds across decades: the clinic on West 86th Street, the era of anonymous donor insemination…
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