The test provided her with not only medical insights but also information about the fact that she hadmany half-siblings.
At first, the New England resident dismissed the DNA matches as a glitch in the system.
However, one persistent womanwho turned out to be her half-sisterbegan contacting her with strange questions.
Together, they uncovered the disturbing truththeir births were the result of afertility fraudcarried out by a well-known doctor.
Victoria shared during a March 2025 appearance on ITV1sThis Morning.
When she said that, she got my attention.
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Her own fatherthe man who raised herhad no idea about Caldwells deception.
Her mother, who had seen Caldwell for nearly a decade, had trusted him completely.
During the interview, Victoria shared a heartbreaking anecdote.
We used to joke in my family that I was the mailmans kid, she recounted.
But looking back, it all kind of clicked.
I never really looked like my dad, and I always felt a little different.
He showed no remorse, she recalled.
He just said he was in the business of making babies.
Victoria testified before the Connecticut General Assembly in March 2024 in support of a bill to criminalize such practices.
The bill ultimately failed to pass.
I view this as a form of sexual assault, she said at the time.
I very much could have seen myself marrying this man and having children, she said.
When I confronted Dr. Caldwell, he readily admitted todonatingfor many years and showed no remorse.
According to the complaint, Pierson was referred to Caldwell in the mid-1980s when she struggled to conceive.
She agreed to be artificiallyinseminatedunder the impression the donor was anonymous.
These kids are walking down the street wondering, Hey, I may be related to you.
State Judge Robin Wilson also ordered Yale New Haven Health to produce documents related to Caldwells time there.
Caldwell died of unspecified causes on February 28.
The US federal government doesnt have a law that explicitly criminalizesfertility fraud.
Out of the nations 50 states,only 14have enacted legislation establishing the practice as a criminal offense.
Netizens sympathized with Victoria, and lamented the former doctor passing before facing justice
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