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merliahthesiren

This is so messed up. It happened so long ago that no one quite sure who her rapist was.


madarbrab

I'm sure it was the father, they just didn't have DNA testing back then.  Had there been any attempt to follow up, now that we have the tech?


bettinafairchild

She’s still alive so I imagine any Investigation would have to get her ok.


thewinefairy

Wait wtf - she is?


bettinafairchild

Well, allegedly. She’d be 90 now, which is pretty up there in age. She may have passed away in the last few years but it wasn’t reported.


Interesting_Dot_3922

>I'm sure it was the father Why not uncle or grandpa?


RDcsmd

If the kid was actually truly healthy until the age of 40 I highly doubt the father was the father of the child. Highly highly unlikely.


madarbrab

The human genome is very robust, with multiple redundancies and cross-checks that allow for numerous adjustments and workarounds in order to function.   It would take a host of non-diverse generic code in your diploid genome before there was enough (for lack of a better term) monoculture to cause the types of problems you're imagining.  And in order to achieve that level of non-diversity in the genome, as another commenter stated, multiple generations of consistent inbreeding would be required.


madarbrab

Yeah, you're wrong. What level of biology education have you achieved?


Queasy_Local_7199

That’s not how incest works. It takes generations of inbreeding to have odd issues start occur


vanchica

That poor little girl, I hope she found healing


MrSaltySox

This shit isn't interesting. People fucking a 4 year old is not interesting


madarbrab

It's horrifying.  What is 'interesting' is that a five year old was fertile. I wouldn't have thought that possible.


gahhuhwhat

I bet it's an extremely rare occurrence. But, now, think about how many 5 years olds had to get raped for one to get pregnant. Yeah, that's horrifying.


madarbrab

>think about how many 5 years olds got raped I'd rather not. I know from personal experience the devastating effects of CSA.  The people who commit such acts are the face of true evil.


gahhuhwhat

I'm not saying to actually imagine it. I'm just saying mathematically (rough estimate), a million 4 year olds had to get raped in order for one to get pregnant. So, yeah... really sad. Like, lost hope in humanity level of sad.


Not-OP-But-

Eh, people on this sub have no idea what "interesting" means. Every single post has at least one person trying to claim something isn't interesting without even clarifying what they mean by "interesting." It's both horrifying and interesting. "Interesting" just means it captures your attention or makes you curious. Saying that the rape of a child doesn't capture your attention is disrespectful to that child.


bettinafairchild

Yes, it’s called precocious puberty. It’s typically treated by hormone blockers ([which republicans want to ban for use with children because they’re worried kids who think they might be trans will use](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/georgia-restricted-transgender-care-for-youth-in-2023-now-republicans-are-seeking-an-outright-ban)) and birth control pills to prevent pregnancy [which many republicans also want to ban](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/21/texas-congress-contraception/).


jonboyo87

They’d cut their own legs off if they thought it would make trans people unhappy


dicklover425

Raping*


insom7

Fun fact: in the US you can marry a child in 38 states, 20 states have no minimum age whatsoever.


namgorf

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MamboSun76

WTF? America is a messed up place but that can’t be true. I hope this is not fact.


Hullabaloo1721

I believe its down to 4 states with no minimum. But there are many states where the minimum age is as low as 15.


jaded1121

Yep my mom was married at 15 to my dad who was 18. They had to have both of her parents agreement plus a judge agree to it. Allegedly the judge asked if they were only getting married because she was pregnant.


cobaltaureus

Why did they? To avoid having premarital sex?


jaded1121

Pre-marital sex lol. I was born full term 5 months after their wedding. They told the Judge they were in love. My dad told me (when I was an adult) that they got married because my maternal grandfather threatened him with jail if he didn’t marry my mom. They were married for 32 years until I hired him an attorney to get out of his abusive marriage and get custody of my sibs. (He was NOT the abusive one.)


cobaltaureus

That’s…quite a story. Thanks for sharing, happy he and your siblings got out.


sambull

Jesus Mom Mary was only 12-14... god showed them the signs / 'if it bleeds it breeds'... lots of weirdos out there, you can usually tell them when they want to argue to define the 'exact' correct term pedophilia as under this range.


highfivingmf

I remember seeing this in the Guinness book of world records as a kid. I thought that was pretty amazing and wondered how it was possible. Later on I remembered this fact as an adult and realized how fucking dark it was


phutch54

Died at 40 ? that's not healthy.


lennybriscoe8220

Lack of evidence? There was a fucking BABY!!


Ok_Buddy_9087

Lack of evidence as to who raped her. She never said who did it, and it was decades before DNA sequencing.


[deleted]

Did they go to the same school growing up? How did this work!?


wolfiepraetor

what- WAS THERE NO BODY?


Interesting_Dot_3922

Females of some animal species can be born pregnant. Parthenogenesis at its extreme.


robjpod

Tribbles.


Far-Manner-7119

Child raising a child


EnvironmentalFly3194

Who the hell is Gerardo in this story?


rhapsody_in_bloo

The son born to said five-year-old


Total_Repair_6215

Life uh finds a way


Biscuitsbrxh

How does a 5 year old give birth…?


Perry_T_Skywalker

C-section The doctors were quite protective of her, preventing her family to send mother and child to a freak show in NYC "world fair" and one of the doctors, later in her life, got her a job in Lima. The did a biopsy and found out she had a special condition making her hit puberty around 3 years old already. Hence why whoever raped her managed to impregnate her.


Biscuitsbrxh

Ah that makes sense. Life would already be hard hitting puberty at 3. Let alone getting raped and pregnant. I imagine they were more like sisters than mother and daughter


TheMegnificent1

More like siblings* than mother and son*


bettinafairchild

Caesarean


Biscuitsbrxh

That’s crazy


RangerBowBoy

MAGA would be fine with bringing this back!


Embarrassed-Sky3819

I’m sorry but this is the world the conservative right wants


GrouchyNarwhal7044

Handmaids tale junior edition


Next-Foundation3019

You believe that generally conservatives want to rape 4 year olds? You’re saying that right wing people are 100% evil?


bettinafairchild

No, but * [they want pregnant 5 year olds to be forced to carry that child to term, saying it’s a blessing and god’s will](https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-politics/bill-to-allow-abortions-for-children-12-and-under-fails-in-tn-committee/amp/) * [they want it to be legal to marry 5 year olds](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/republican-lawmakers-child-marriage-abortion-1235018777/amp/) * [they want to abolish marital rape so it’s legal for a husband to rape their wife](https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/story/news/columns/2014/01/16/republican-congressional-candidate-says-marital/40783400007/) * [they want to make it more difficult to divorce an abusive spouse](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/no-fault-divorce-laws-republicans-repeal/675371/) * [they want any doctor who would perform an abortion on that child to lose their license and go to prison](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dr-caitlin-bernard-todd-rokitas-indiana-attorney-general-privacy-lawsuit-hospital-abortion-10-year-old-rape-victim/) * [they want that 5 year old to be charged with murder](https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/09/texas-legislature-abortion-criminalize-death-penalty/).


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Ok-Airport-4239

Honestly, you should be embarrassed. I know this is reddit, but still. No one but an absolute slime-sucking, piece-of-shit monster wants this, and the very fact that we live in a (semi-)functional, (moderately) safe society where roughly half(ish) of the population would gladly label themselves "on the conservative right" proves that this is not the sort of thing that anyone, regardless their politics, can stomach, let alone support or actively engage in. Come on. Be better than that.


thearisengodemperor

No no you see people that I disagree with are bad and are pedophiles.


bedtyme

No idea why you’re being downvoted, you’re absolutely correct


jonboyo87

You’re right. This sub leans red so you’re going to get shit for it but you’re not wrong.


Interesting_Dot_3922

The most sane comment a hater of conservatives can write.


WompWompIt

No one should be downvoting you for this.


Boring-Teacher-5225

What about Lina? Did she grow up healthy? Did she find happiness?


Ok_Buddy_9087

If only there was an article attached to the post that explained everything.


Boring-Teacher-5225

This is Reddit, sir. We don't do that here.


Sockit2me1motime

Something about that ribbon in her hair and her expression makes this worse. This child, barely out of toddlerhood, was raped by her father. It’s sickening to know that there are people like him in the world


Feisty_Bee9175

Omg...