IVF doctor paternity fraud
by mick at the movies: Movie Clips
An IVF specialist doctor is accused of paternity fraud after children he helped conceive reportedly resemble him.
Transcript (en)
Two mothers were horrified to discover that their sons conceived via IVF looked strikingly alike, yet they each had different husbands. The only thing they had in common was that they had used the same fertility doctor. First, Anna thought the resemblance was merely a coincidence and paid it no mind. But one day, she took her son to the park to play, only to spot another little boy there who bore the same likeness to her child. What's more, every baby conceived through this doctor's IVF treatments all had blonde hair and blue eyes. All these strange coincidences made Anna realize this was far from accidental. A terrible suspicion immediately crossed her mind. To confirm whether her son was biologically hers and her husband's. She rushed to the hospital with her son for a blood test. When the results came out, she was utterly shocked. Her husband had type AB blood, but their son had type O blood. It was a medical fact that two AB-type parents could never produce an O-type child. Overwhelmed with anxiety and confusion, she confronted the doctor at once. Yet the doctor remained calm and claimed that gene mutations occasionally resulted in children with O blood type, and such cases were not unheard of. To ease Anna's doubts, he even swore on his entire medical career. Considering he was the most renowned fertility specialist in the whole city, Anna set aside her suspicions. She thought the matter was settled for good. But a few days later, as she was out running errands, she noticed a car following her persistently. Fearing a robbery, she quickly got out of her vehicle and headed for a crowded shopping mall to seek safety. Just then, a hand suddenly landed on her shoulder. She jumped in fright, only to find the other mother she had met at the park earlier. The other mother told her that she had gotten a DNA paternity test for her child a few days prior. The test proved the boy was not her husband's biological son. On top of that, the child shared an uncanny resemblance with the doctor, leading her to suspect the doctor had secretly replaced her husband's sperm with his own. What struck her as even more suspicious was that, every time she went to confront the doctor about this, he refused to see her at all. It was clear he was hiding something.
