“When you don’t know your Dad… anyone can be your Sister” - Luke Skywalker

If the father didn't want the son to marry her!? It would've been the best time to just spit it out " she's your sister" the parents are at fault.

My dad was such a womaniser that I avoided dating anyone who came from the same island as him. My half sister didn't have this rule. One day she met a great guy at a party. They hit it off, then my dad strolled by and said to her, 'Oh, I see you've met your brother.' She was mortified. That brother refused anything to do with any of us after that.

that doctor handled it so well. that couple needed to hear that. they are innocent in this whole mess. the last thing they need to feel is disgust.

When he said “you guys aren’t really siblings” he didn’t mean genetically. He meant in the way they were raised. As in there is nothing from their childhood that should have made them suspicious to being siblings as adults. They were completely innocent in the situation and it’s a HARD situation. He’s a good doctor. Chill out. 🤣

Y’all are reading into what Foreman was saying incorrectly. He was not promoting incest or saying they aren’t related. The purpose of his statement was to let them know they were in no way at fault because they did not know. Her mother and their father essentially lied to them. Had they have grown up knowing they were siblings then they would be in the wrong. It’s an awkward and difficult situation to tell a married couple that they actually share a father. Who would actually know exactly what to say in that situation?

This is literally the worst case scenario for anybody who grew up in the foster system and knows nothing about their biological parents. I have a really big family and according to my aunt it’s probably a bunch of cousins out there we really don’t know. And this terrified me for the longest honestly.

Speaking as someone with a chronic life altering illness that’s undiagnosed after 15 years+ of searching……Dr House is every undiagnosed patient’s fantasy: a Dr who actually has a clue and gives enough thought to find an ANSWER!

So their father chose to hide his affair and let his kids date... wtf

This almost happened to my mom once. She was out at a college party in her early 20’s and one of her half brothers started talking to her kind of just to mingle. Luckily he noticed that my mom had similar features to his dad and that’s how they figured out they were related.

This almost happened to me. I didn't meet my father's family until I was 30. He comes from a large family. In junior high, a boy asked me out and we dated for a couple months. Everywhere we went people said how we looked like fraternal twins. Yrs later my dad confirmed we were 2nd cousins.

It happened to twins in the UK. They were adopted out separately. They met as adults and were instantly drawn to each other. Some years into the beginning of life as a married couple they found out. I don't think I could ever live with myself afterwards if this happened to me. Of course, through no fault of their making.....still ....cringe worthy.

Reminds me when my cousin went on her prom with her boyfriend. When his family showed up.... Well let's just say it was more like a family reunion than a send off 😂

This is so sad. You grow up next door to someone, you fall in love, they’re your soulmate, then you find out your parents have lied to you and you’re actual half brother and sister. That’s heartbreaking for many reasons. The betrayal and knowing you can’t be with the love of your life because your parents are piece’s of shit. 💔

My cousin worries about this all the time. Her dad left them when she was 3. He is a notorious womanizer. When he passed away, she met about 20 brothers and sisters and his last will needed proof that he is the father. About 15 we’re truly her half siblings. She gave some money to her siblings, but since she was the legal daughter, she is the owner of most of his properties. This scenario right here is a nightmare for her.

7:54 That is AMAZING subtle acting right there she goes from neutral to shocked to angry in less than 1 second

This is the parents fault. They were gonna keep hating the women, without telling her or their son why. What if they were trying to have kids? Would they have told them then? Their parents were very selfish.

I really like what the doctor at the end said. " You both just met and fell in love". No judgment, and he even started deescalating them with that sentence.

i'm glad he cheered them up at the end, he wanted them to know it's absolutely not their fault in anyway

This happened to my friend in high school. He was seeing this girl and her mom and his dad both sort of freaked out about it, forbidding them to see each other. Finally the parents sat the kids down and explained the reason they could not see each other. They were siblings. His dad had slept with her mom and got her pregnant when his wife was pregnant with him. Neither spouse knew this had happened and her "dad" believed she was his. It was a huge mess for both families.

This kinda happened to my boyfriends parents, we’ll just call them emily and James for an easier explanation. They were dating for a long time, so after a while both their parents finally met each other. But upon seeing each other they realised that James’s mum was first cousins with Emily’s dad. It caused a bit of chaos until James’s mum told Emily’s dad in private that she had adopted James so he wasn’t blood related. However, James didn’t know that and Emily’s sister accidentally told him when saying “it’s a relief you are adopted, otherwise you guys would have committed incest” 😭😭😭

The fact the family let them get married and said nothing NOTHING🤬🤬🤬

This is why I am so glad I told my daughter she had a brother who was adopted out. She found her brother and have a great brother and sister bond, eventhough they were never raised together in the same family.

In 2002 there was a case like this when a couple (of 6 years) were injured in a car crash (bad) and they found out they both had the same father. They met in High school and went to college together both studying theoretical Math. The older genetic father was a Science professor (moms attended that college). The other "fathers" were quite surprised ( i would guess the Moms not as much). The comment from the couple was " we just clicked like we had known each other for years, loved the same things and always found it just easy to be together".

The parents were irresponsible!!! Disgusting!!!

If we could just all stop keeping secrets. Every child deserves to know who their biological parents are. Even adopted children.

My friend and her husband did IVF for their first child then were miraculously able to have two other children the natural way which left them with two unused embryos. They donated the embryos to be used by other couples and made sure to tell their first born that when he starts dating his gf will need to have a dna test to ensure they aren't related because in that case, they would be full brother and sister.

"If she's on the pill, why does he need condoms?" Because both the pill and condoms each have a small chance of failing and combining them makes for even better birth control.

We gonna ignore how problematic it was to force her to run through the pain

This is a living nightmare for ppl in real life. I would throw up if I found out something like this personally. This is why it’s important to not be sleeping around and bringing kids into the world like they’re unimportant toys and not fully telling others around them. It’s important to know who you’re family to help prevent this stuff from going on

Sadly this happens a lot, some couples if they are adopted or if one of their parents abandoned them as a young child then it is possible for the half siblings or full blood siblings to end up together. I remember reading a news article about a couple who were actually twins, they both thought that they had the same birthday but because they did not look identical and because they were both adopted to two separate households, it was hard to tell if they were related, the only way to tell if they were twins was by DNA and of course hair/eye colour. They both were already married and had children before they found out and it destroyed their marriage and families, their kids were teenagers so their kids ended up resenting the couple even though it was not their fault. This is why it is so important to tell your children who their parents are and if they get adopted then they should be adopted together. I feel so bad for any couple out there who experienced this, it's horrible. The couple from the news article, they did not face any charges because they had no idea they were related, they did however got divorced and went their separate ways. The parents take it in turns to look after the children, the children live with the mother and the father lives on his own.

I ended up dating my cousin once without realizing it. And it turns out we both have the same rare genetic disorder. Also, siblings that weren’t raised as siblings and don’t know they’re siblings tend to be really attracted to each other. It’s a weird and gross fact. I heard that the main reason for this is that we tend to be more attracted to people who look like us.

This actually happened to Terrell Owens who was raised by his grand mother, said he had a crush on the girl who lived across the street from him and his father came and told him you cant like her that's your sister

I would collapse and die if I found out I was married to my brother. It’s such a disgusting thought 🤢🤮

When I was in high school that was a very famous case in TV (I'm Brazilian) that a couple found out they were half-sibilings because of a dna test and a couple weeks after, one of my friends came to class crying beacause she had just found out that she had 10 half-siblings that she had never heard about. Her father really sowed the field, and after the famous case, he was terrified that maybe some of his kids would end in the same situation, so he came clean and introduced everyone of his 14/15 kids ...

This happens as siblings are drawn to each other and can sometimes mistake a sibling bond for romantic attraction

They are siblings biologically but they aren’t siblings emotionally and psychologically which is unfortunate

This is why it’s important to do DNA 🧬 TEST before dating anyone lol

I read an article a few years back about a woman who always felt like she didn't belong anywhere because she was adopted. Later she got involved in adoption groups for support and met a wonderful man of whom she had so much in common with. Their connection and chemistry was unreal. They fell deeply in love and became engaged. I can't remember how or why but somehow they discovered they were Full Biologically brother and sister. Both were crushed and devastated and immediately went into therapy. They decided to stay together as a couple and according to article they were researching which states accepted these kind of marriages so they could relocate. I could not believe the article showing a picture of them in a romantic kiss. They looked like twins. I'll never forget that article. It has haunted me ever since..I can't imagine.....

Dude I served with in the military had the exact same surprise with no medical issues. In high school he met his girlfriend, who he married after basic training, were half siblings. The only way they figured it out was one of those genetic tests you can order online. Turns out the father had slept with half the town and may have had up to *TWELVE* children in the span of 4 or 5 years. EDIT: They are still together to this day and have a child. The kid is 100% fine and they do not plan on having another since they figured everything out.

for those saying that foreman is wrong for saying they’re not siblings, he clearly doesn’t mean genetically-genetics doesn’t forge the relationship that siblings have. if i found out my dad had an affair and i had a half-sibling somewhere, i wouldn’t treat them the same as i treat the sisters i grew up with. i have nothing in common with that person besides my genetics.

This takes the "step-bro" game to a different level

This happened to 2 University students in the UK, and it was at their engagement party where both parent showed up it was revealed. Although it came in the papers, they asked for privacy to deal with the shock and embarrassment. I don't know what happened after and have no update but, I've always wondered what happened to them though.

This is the plot to every episode of House: Someone gets sick House acts like an asshole He saves them, the end.

And the dad never told either of them because he was too much of a coward to admit that he had an affair and deal with the consequences of his actions? Well it's a little late for that pal, the consequences are staring you in the face! He could at least have taken them aside and told them that they were half brother and sister and asked them to keep it quiet, then they would've known, the truth might have stayed hidden, and they wouldn't have gotten married, just start hanging out with each other now that they know they're related, say they realised they weren't working out as a couple but that they still enjoy hanging out as friends. But my main point is, why didn't anyone tell them?

That's nasty... you can see the horror in their faces.

This happens and has happened way more often than anyone would care to admit. I’ve often said, I’m so glad my father left his little Alabama home town and married my mom in DC. Several of his brothers, my Uncles, married 2nd or 3rd Cousins, my Aunties. Many their kids, my cousins, have this weird skin disorder, that me and my siblings don’t have.

A former friend and colleague of mine about fifteen years ago inadvertently discovered that she and her husband were half siblings. They already had a baby daughter at the time. They had her tested and fortunately she didn't have any health conditions to worry about. Apparently the husband and wife were both adopted and both tracked down their birth mothers only to find it was the same person. I only found out after she quit her job. She had written an email to a few of us who she had been close to, explaining the whole bizarre story and why we probably wouldn't see or hear from her again. She said their marriage had begun to suffer after their discovery so they had decided to move away, wanting a fresh start, but I heard on the grapevine that they were divorced several months later. I've seen her around once or twice since then but it seemed like she was trying to avoid me, so I didn't approach her. I have thought about their family often, though. The daughter especially. She'd be in high school by now. I wonder if she knows and if she's ok.

This is scarier than a horror film.

It’s so heartbreaking…they were each other’s first and only loves and they turned out to be related 😪 some people would think it was funny but it’s actually tragic

I almost had a similar situation happen. When I was in high school this girl always flirted with me, and we talked a lot, but eventually stopped talking after I graduated from high school and moved away for university. A few years later I found out that her dad and my dad were first cousins. We weren’t super closely related, but still too closely for my comfort. I’m grateful that I moved away before we ended up getting intimate, because things seemed to be gradually going in that direction. 🤢 I have a rare surname in this area. Her parents divorced long ago and she always used her mother’s last name, and never mentioned to me that her father has the same last name as me. I’ve always been disturbed by this, because she never mentioned it to me, and she must have known that there was a possibility that we were related, and I can’t figure out why she never pointed out her father having the same surname as me. Hopefully it was a lack of common sense and not her intentionally concealing it.

Unfortunately this happened to me.....well almost happened. This girl that worked at McDonald's would always give me a look everytime I come in and I would smile back, come to find out she's my sister. I knew I had another sister because my biological father told me but he never told me anything about her or where she live no nothing.

He said, "If she's on the pill, why would they need condoms?" Lmao what an innocent guy😹 cleary he needs to switch on the light and explore a bit more the next time he gets lucky.

This is more common than you think. I love this show and am sad it was canceled.

"You're my sister. You're my sister! " Joe Dirt.

One of my favorite episodes. Such a great one!

Imagine how humiliating the divorce must be. It’s so sad.

This is what happens when you’re irresponsible as a parent

You could say he's her significant brother!! I'll see myself out...

I was once told about a case where siblings with the same father married each other. The thing was that the father and the mom divorced and goes on their separated ways with the mom unknowingly pregnant at the time. The father remarried but never knew he had a son with the former wife and she also kept it hidden. Sadly enough both mom and father died even before their kids fully grown and never been introduced to each other. The case got worst that after they're married the moved to overseas due to the husband's work for almost 4 years. Cliche as it maybe, the only reason the couple had figured out due to the Son's grandmother recognized the father's photo kept by her granddaughter-in-law during a family gathering when they both return back to the country. The news was shocking not to mention the couple already had two kids at the time.

Its common in India for neighbors to marry especially those with the same skintone n eyes... Now I'm gonna view it differently thanks to house

Lmao, imagine the cheating parents freaking out and unable to say why you can’t date that person next door? 🤣

I actually really appreciate the narrative in the episode and how things like this although are rare and awful in nature, it isn’t their fault nor should they feel ashamed of how they felt. They were only doing the best with the information they had and they had no idea about the paternal relationship they shared.

okay, just these clips and I got hooked, will probably binge House MD episodes later

I love how that black doctor try to make them feel better in the end. I haven't seen this series but I already love his character.

I remember this episode. He really tried to downplay it. Nope nope we're siblings and will never interact after today

It's amazing how well those people act. The girl and the boy. We get in the film and feel their frustration. Just brilliant!

the examples that forman gave at the end are pretty accurate on summing up the differences between being blood related and being family

I can't believe he said half siblings aren't real. Just cuz you didn't grown up together doesn't mean your parents change.. biologically and genetically.. can't believe he as a doctor says it's okay.

How can he tell them you're not siblings but tell them they share the same father

The way he said "EW!" Killed me. 🤣

House stayed figuring out the wildest scenarios 🤣

They are still siblings and it’s incest regardless if you didn’t know

This reminds me when my second cousin found out she was married to her first cousin. After they had 5 kids together

This happened to two kids at my high school. I hope they didn't go all the way before finding out.

My bf had these fears because his dad apparently have 10 other kids with different women. It really was relief for him to find out my dad never left my mom and I was no way related to him. I thought it was silly but looking at the comment section… man I feel bad for you all!

They should have focused on how they bicker. More like siblings than strangers.

I understand what hes saying about the brother sister part but he should have just used the word sibling. You have people who are not genetically connected who get adopted and are siblings but then you have these 2 who have 1 shared parent but have no sibling connection at all

It's nice to see Foreman's compassionate side again.

Journey is such a great actor. “Pineapple thief”, lol

7:25 i like how the guy is like, "sweet home alabama" and the girl is like omg-omgomgomgomg

I loved foreman for how understanding he was with this

This is why you should tell your kids the truth about who they are and who may be related to them.

Same father equals siblings

“But they have the same blood” So do the mosquitoes in your neighborhood but you don’t bring them to your family gatherings

In my state you have to get a blood test to make sure you aren't closely related before you are allowed to get married for this reason.

Yeah, that was heartbreaking 😔

3 episodes away from completing House, and i’m sad that i’ve almost finished such an amazing show!

There was a case on Maury a few years ago where a married couple with kids found out they were actually siblings. They had both been adopted at young ages I think.

That’s heartbreaking.

Great 👍

Joe dirt in the background "your my sister, your my sister"

It definitely can happen. My mom isn't close to her siblings... so we've never met our cousins from them. My dad has a huge family and a few of my cousins didn't know we were related and we was flirting then we seen each other at a family get together.

Well they know what to get the kids for Christmas.... A banjo 😆🤣

Great grandma had 18 kids and I only know of 3 of them so when my old coworker/guy friend told me HIS great grandma ALSO had 18 kids AND has maiden name was the same as hers i told him we might be cousins. You NEVER know!

SMH... What the hell was foreman smoking saying they aren't really siblings?!!🤦🏾‍♂️ I think having the same biological father qualifies them as siblings half or otherwise.😲🤢🤮

I got what Foreman was trying to say. He was trying to make them feel better, because they didn't know. So they're ain't gross or bad.

What a well written story line.

Because my mom kept me from my dad’s side of the family, I accidentally dated my cousin years ago. It was INSANE to find out that his dad was my dad’s brother. I’ve never met my uncle so I didn’t know. But thankfully we found out before things got serious

I honestly can't believe Foreman tried to tell them that they're not really related...coz I'm pretty sure the same dad, same eyes and genetic disorder say otherwise! That's honestly just gross! xxx