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A doctor allegedly fathered 22 kids through a fertility fraud
A WOMAN was left traumatised after a DNA test revealed she had unknowingly slept with her brother in high school.
Victoria Hill, 39, learned the dark truth about where she came from after discovering her mother had visited a doctor to help her conceive a child.
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Bearing no resemblance to her own father, Hill has always joked that she was the mailmain's child.
But the suspicions became real when she had started experiencing health issues that neither of her parents had.
Worried about her well-being, she sent a DNA sample to the 23andMe genomics company.
The shocking results revealed that the man that raised her was not her biological father.
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In a sick twist, Hill learnt that her mother's doctor, Burton Caldwell, had used his own sperm to inseminate the woman without her knowledge.
And Hill's mother wasn't the only victim of deception.
Caldwell reportedly used his own sperm on multiple of his patients without telling them.
Despite it not being against the law, Caldwell has refused to speak about the shock claims with his wife saying he declined to comment.
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Over 20 children were born as a result of the fertility doctor's actions.
One of those kids turned out to be Hill's high school boyfriend.
Sicko fertility doctor used HIS sperm to impregnate my mum - I've got 102 siblings but there could be THOUSANDS more
When Hill shared the news with her schoolmates at the high school reunion, her former lover noted that his parents also had sought help conceiving.
A couple months later, he took a DNA test and sent a screenshot of the results proving their connection.
In the message, he wrote: " You are my sister."
Hill told : "Now I’m looking at pictures of people thinking, well, if he could be my sibling, anybody could be my sibling."
Her story was the first confirmed case of someone dating their half-sibling in the fertility fraud scandal.
The woman also found out she had crossed path with another one of her siblings.
She said: "I have slept with my half-sibling.
"I went to elementary school with another."
Hill has been traumatised by the whole ordeal and tried to file a suit.
But the woman quickly learnt that there was no legal grounds to punish Caldwell.
Most states have no laws against fertility fraud, and majority of doctors walk away untouched - with some even continuing practising.
Eve Wiley, one of the victims and a prominent advocate for new laws, told : "Nail salons are more regulated than the fertility industry."
has reported that over 30 doctors nationwide have been exposed or charged with secretly using their own sperm to impregnate their patients.
New law proponents claim to be aware of at least 80 such cases.
In 2019, Indiana became only the second state to criminalise fertility fraud - 20 years after California did the same.
Services like 23andMe have exposed more fertility fraud cases and relations between people, making it harder to hide the truth.
Julia T. Woodward, a licensed clinical psychologist, said: ";To my knowledge, the majority of fertility fraud cases took place before 2000.
"I think it is highly unlikely any person would engage in such practices today. It would be too easy to be exposed.
"So this part of the landscape has improved significantly."
Caldwell - who is now in his 80s - has retired in early 2000s.
Even if legislation were to pass, Caldwell and many others would avoid punishment as their actions took place before fertility fraud became a felony.
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The Sun has reached out to Caldwell for comment.
In the UK, sperm donor anonymity is removed, allowing donor-conceived people to find out the identity of the donor after they turn 18.
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