# Cleft lip experiences?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleft-lip-experiences/742703>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 10, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleft-lip-experiences/742703 "2016-01-10T17:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleft-lip-experiences/742703/1 "2016-01-10T17:46:38Z")

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In autumn 2015 I read Mary Webb’s novel _Precious Bane_, set circa 1820, narrated by a woman with a cleft lip. That sparked my interest in it. I’m now working on a historical novel set in 1794, in which a major character also has a cleft lip.

So I feel I ought to do due diligence, and ask for stories and information about the condition, then and now. Was anyone here born with it? Have a family member born with it? Have historical information about the repercussions of it before surgical correction was possible? Want to stop me from making a Classic Blunder in my story?

Here’s your chance. Have at it. I’m happy to PM, too, if you’d prefer.