My son and my best friend’s son had the exact same rare birthmark – I thought my husband had betrayed me, but the truth turned out to be far worse.

were paperwork and women were weather patterns to be managed.

My father had not just hidden the truth.

He had engineered the lie.

He had selected a donor with a genetic marker linked to his own family line, so the resulting children would carry a rare birthmark familiar to him. He had done it deliberately. He had made sure the boys would look related.continue reading …