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Person profile
Donald Cline
Former Indianapolis fertility specialist
Verification status: Every documentary connection below is cited.
Last research update: 8 November 2026
Appears in
Interviewed on camera
Archival subject / topic of interviews.[Netflix Tudum] [The New York Times]
Documentary archival context: Archival footage and reenactments are used; dramatized performers are excluded from the interviewee list.[Netflix Tudum]
Episode not verified
Short biography
- Cline fathered many children through patients he inseminated with his own sperm without their knowledge.[Netflix Tudum] [The New York Times]
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Related people
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- Angela Ganote
FOX59 investigative journalist
Both appear in Our Father
- Heather Woock
One of Donald Cline’s donor-conceived children
Both appear in Our Father
- Jacoba Ballard
First known child to connect Cline to his donor-conceived offspring
Both appear in Our Father
Related documentaries
- What Jennifer Did · Netflix
- Lover, Stalker, Killer · Netflix
- Girl in the Picture · Netflix
Sources
- Inside the ‘Our Father’ Documentary, from Genealogy to Don Cline — Netflix Tudum, published 2022-04-15. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability
- ‘Our Father’ Review: A Doctor’s God Complex Revealed — The New York Times, published 2022-05-12. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationHigh reliability
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