Father Finds Out He’s Infertile, Recognizes Who His Kids Look Like

Life-Changing

Receiving the news that he would have to live with a debilitating disease had knocked Richard for a loop. For a few minutes, all he could do was stare at the floor, trying to come to terms with the news.

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Cystic Fibrosis causes regular lung infections and gets worse over time, reducing the patient’s capacity to breathe. How was he going to tell his new wife? But that wasn’t all.

His Sister

Richard’s sister had succumbed to the genetic disease several years earlier, so the worried father’s mind quickly flashed to the danger his children could be in of inheriting the condition.

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But the next piece of news the doctor had to reveal would set his mind at ease about that – before opening up another can of worms.