Wendy Zukerman

And a couple of doctors said they just didn't believe it.

Too unlikely.

Others were like, maybe.

One told us, quote, sperm are persistent little guys.

And that doctor actually described a patient that they had had who had no obvious vaginal opening, who had apparently never had penetrative sex and also got pregnant and given birth to a kid with C-section as well.

So, yeah, she was like, you know, it's unlikely, but stuff happens.

Some of the doctors that we heard from also said that there might be another explanation for what's going on here and that maybe that dimple where her vagina sort of should have been wasn't totally closed off.

Maybe there was a tunnel.

tiny hole in there that was missed and sperm somehow got in that way, just sort of the more regular way.

And the fact that all of this happened, you know, some 40 years ago, one doctor told us that they didn't have the technology on hand that we use today to diagnose someone with vaginal agenesis.

But still...

They took a pretty good look in there and couldn't see a vagina.

Yeah, and, you know, but on the other hand, doctors pointed out, you know, this was a case report written in a legit peer-reviewed medical journal.

As for Neil, he said, you know, it was extremely unlikely to have happened, but who knows?

The case report says that about two and a half years later, baby is still perfectly healthy.

And in fact, it says, quote, by that time, the son looked very much like the legal father, the new boyfriend in the story.

It says, quote, the young mother, her family, and the likely father adapted themselves rapidly to the new situation and some cattle changed hands to prove that there were no hard feelings.

Thanks, Joel.

And Joel Werner has a brand new podcast out.

It's a historical thriller called Assassins.