Engaged Couple's Shocking Discovery | New Amsterdam

Dr. Iggy Frome counsels an engaged couple that learned they are brother and sister.

Season 2, Episode 15, Double Blind
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[mirandac]

I can’t help but think of that episode of House with Ricky Ullman and Jurnee Smollett portraying a married couple that end up finding out that they share the same father. They lived next door growing up I think and also the dad was always against them dating which the couple assumed was because of racism but in reality it’s because they were siblings.

[bsnufkin]

Him: we have problems in bed and we argue
Her: don't listen to him, doctor. He's an idiot. Problem is we're siblings.

[sds]

He is supposed to be a neutral party as a therapist. Completely unbiased. He cannot tell them what to do, but he can ethically make them aware of the legal consequences of their future marriage as well as the biological consequences if they were to have children. From there, it’s completely up to the patients on where they want to go from there.

[AK-jtgx]

If I met somebody in college (same age), who was from the same small town, and also conceived by anonymous sperm donor... pretty sure I would have checked for this long before being 9 years into the relationship and about to be married. "I was conceived by anonymous sperm donor", "oh me too" seems like a conversation you have within the first couple months of dating because it comes up when you ask about their parents.

[peter_pansexual]

This reminded me of a story I heard.
A couple was planning on getting married and both their parents met for the first time. If I remember correctly, the mom of the bride and the father of the groom start an affair with each other, both divorce their partners and got married to each other.
But here's the real kicker, after they did all that they then told their kids that they can't get married anymore because now they are step siblings.

[connordalton]

I am going to go ahead and also point out that there's a town in Sweden that had to ban a man from donating because of this problem.

[grandmaemilyscatsandmore]

I think the relative who sent the dna kit knew they were half siblings

[LyingTube]

Their entire relationship, he didn't know this information either, which means that the Chris she knew then could only be the "real" Chris. That hasn't changed. She was not romanced by her half-brother, whom she's only known existed for weeks, she was romanced by the man she'd loved since they were kids.

[jene]

I’m guess that in a town of 8, 000 people, the odds of 2 people having similar DNA, tell me that the doctor in charge of the IVF, is the sperm donor. 😂

[hothotheat]

I couldn’t proceed with the wedding. Can’t ever touch him again knowing that’s my damn brother. It’s disgusting.

[sackettfamily]

Who gets a DNA test kit for a wedding gift?? And why open it before the big day?

[Trxshgxy]

Not to side with incest here but I understand. They’re not family in the traditional sense they didn’t grow up together, they didn’t have those sibling moments they didn’t meet until they were basically adults. But at the same time it would be weird knowing technically you’re siblings.

[ericaleach]

I’m with her. Love isn’t enough and it definitely isn’t enough in this case. Actually, if I was her, I would be creeped out that my brother still wants to get married

[msbamabasketball]

They better than me. I just couldn't.. I'm good luv, enjoy lol 😭😭

[sapphireseptember]

Wonder how many times this situation happened before we had DNA testing? This doesn't feel wrong to me in the same way as half siblings who grew up together would.

[tlyoung]

You do NOT marry a sibling. This is sick.

[ParklandWAfictionwriter]

Finding out your S/O is your 4th cousin is one thing. Half brother? 🤮 Nope, sorry, I'm out.

[death_and_daisies]

ok so here's the thing with this:

they didn't know they were siblings until the test; they fell in love with each other because of who the other person is, not because of being siblings or having some incest weird thing. Honestly, as long as they never had kids, due to the biological implications and issues that could occur, i don't morally or ethically see a problem with them staying together. Had one of them been aware of the situation before, or there were kids involved, it would be completely different and wrong due to the scientific aspects of the issue along with morally wrong of the partner who was aware to keep the information hidden.


now if one of them is uncomfortable staying together going forward, then the other should not push them to stay together, and should support the other with their decisions, as that is what love is about: accepting your partner and respecting their beliefs and feelings towards subjects when it does not cause harm to others or themselves.

[campfire_cat]

3:17 I'm with her on this. There is no marrying each ther after finding out you're siblings. Also is Iggy seriously encouraging that they continue with the wedding?

[cherieprender]

Your my sister oh your my sister! " if you know you know" 😂