Netflix · 11 May 2022 · Documentary film · 1h 37m

Our Father

Jacoba Ballard’s DNA-test discoveries connect her to a growing group of half-siblings and fertility specialist Donald Cline. The film follows their efforts to understand what happened and the public investigation that followed.[Netflix Tudum] [The New York Times]

Interviewees

4 publicly named · coverage checked 8 November 2026

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Archival footage and reenactments are used; dramatized performers are excluded from the interviewee list.[Netflix Tudum]

How this list was compiled. Compiled from Netflix Tudum, The New York Times, FOX59, WRTV, and RogerEbert.com reporting and reviews. The episodes and end credits have not been checked frame by frame, so brief appearances named only on screen may be missing. Spotted a missing name? Tell us.

Timeline

  1. 2022-05-11

    Our Father released on Netflix[Netflix Tudum] [The New York Times]

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Episodes

    Feature documentary; no episodes.

    Credits

    Producer
    Michael Petralla[WRTV]

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    Sources

    1. Inside the ‘Our Father’ Documentary, from Genealogy to Don Cline — Netflix Tudum, published 2022-04-15. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability
    2. ‘Our Father’ Review: A Doctor’s God Complex Revealed — The New York Times, published 2022-05-12. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationHigh reliability
    3. Bringing Dr. Cline’s lies to light: FOX59’s Angela Ganote sits down with the faces behind ‘Our Father’ — FOX59, published 2022-05-07. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
    4. 6 questions with star of documentary on fertility doc who inseminated patients with his sperm — WRTV, published 2022-05-05. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
    5. Our Father movie review & film summary — RogerEbert.com, published 2022-05-11. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability

    Source type and reliability are assessed by publisher. "Single source" marks statements backed by only one publisher. See editorial standards.