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Father/Daughter Lovers -- More to the Story

Posted by Madeline Holler

Turns out, there's more to yesterday's "father and daughter raise their biological daughter and make the rest of us squirm" story. 

A recap: father leaves daughter and mother when daughter is only a year old. Father and daughter reunite after 30 years. They fall in love, despite their (1) shared DNA and (2) actual spouses. "We're normal!" they say. "We're consenting adults!" they argue.

Yet -- and here's the twist -- apparently, they both weren't adults when this started. Their reunion happened a little earlier than they story they tell, according to one person who watched it all from the sidelines.

The Dad/Grandpa's ex-wife says that Jenny Deaves came back into her father's life when she was 15 to attend his wedding to said spurned ex. In fact, Jenny stayed with them at four different times during that marriage, which, according to an Australia news station, "collapsed after the father-daughter duo took a trip together to Dubbo in 2000."

An Australian version of 60 Minutes interviewed the couple and you can watch that here (it's about 13 minutes long). What's interesting to note are the interviews of the two kids from her previous marriage. They're quite defensive of their mother and father/grandfather. The girl even says not to worry, she'll have normal relationships when she grows up. There are bonus interviews with a Scottish brother-sister lover duo. And also an incensed New York psychologist who reminds us that while it's yucky, incestuous relationships aren't as uncommon as we might think (hope?).

 

 


Comments

 

Cassie said:

Jeez!  Are there no other suitalbe mates for these two losers in their town?  Were they so desperate they had to go with each other.  Well, they are pretty homely.

April 8, 2008 5:08 PM
 

clueliss said:

okay that's just gross.   Cue the song "I'm My Own Grandpa."

April 9, 2008 8:07 AM

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