Couple with son discover they are siblings

[Miss-Delectable]

Couple with son discover they are siblings

A young Irish couple who fell in love and had a child together have discovered they are actually half-brother and sister.

The couple, who met in a nightclub, are blaming the legal system for failing to inform the man about his real identity, the Irish Mail reports.

The pair, aged in their 20s and living in Leinster, made the discovery after DNA testing last month.

"When I got the phone call with the DNA tests, it was like when you hear about someone you know has died or like you are in a car crash," the man told the Mail.

"If we didn't have a child, we would have left it [the relationship]."

They are vowing to remain together and have more children, and said they wanted to speak out to help others who might be in a similar situation.

The couple plan to launch a civil suit against the judge and child psychologist involved in a family law case that prevented the man learning about his parentage due to Irish family law.

 

[rockin'robin]

Very, very sad situation....it's happened also to people who were adopted out....I just dunno what I would do if this happened to me!

 

[A]

Sometimes it is better not to know. Either you know early in life or don't know at all if it is too late. It's a sad situation.

 

[Dixie]

But given the information they have now, I would decide not to have anymore children due to the risk of birth defects when line breeding. At the same time, I would probably continue to have both involved in the childs life while also not completely indulging on their strange parentage to that child. He/she will figure it out and why it happened when they are old enough to understand. Shame on the government on not allowing the man to know his lineage to prevent this sort of problem.

 

[paperclip]

Can someone explain why this is sad? I understand that there is risk with having children, but looking past that - they loved each other right?

 

[netrox]

Is there evidence that half siblings can produce birth defects?

 

[KarissaMann05]

Wirelessly posted

Poor family...

 

[rockin'robin]

Can someone explain why this is sad? I understand that there is risk with having children, but looking past that - they loved each other right?

All I can say is that it might not "bother" some people....but I'm not about to have sex with a guy if we found out we both had the same mother or father.....And "looking past that" would be a hard thing to do once if was found out....
Loving your siblings or half siblings is natural/normal....but marrying them and having a family?...Don't think so. NO fault of their own, but they've crossed that white line and it's called "incest"....

 

[quirkylibra]

 

[jillio]

Is there evidence that half siblings can produce birth defects?

The actual statistical risk of even whole brothers and sisters producing a child with a birth defect is way overblown in people's minds. The effects of in-breeding take several generations to manifest. In other words, brothers and sisters (or other close relatives) would have to marry and produce children for several generations to show the effects of in-breeding. The risk with half-sibs would be even less and take even longer.