# I just found out that Darth Vader is my father.

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**Created:** [September 12, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-darth-vader-is-my-father/634466 "2012-09-12T02:50:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-darth-vader-is-my-father/634466/41 "2015-10-09T00:45:36Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I’m torn between asking more questions or expressing sorrow for your loss. So I guess I’ll do both.
> 
> I’m so sorry. I’ve thought about this so many times, especially after all my grandparents died. As much as that hurt, I couldn’t imagine what it was like for my parents.
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> So it was legal? Or were they doing it illegally on the downlow?

My understanding is that the procedure was legal in Pennsylvania at the time, and so that’s where my mother went. I don’t know if the doctors traveled also, or if they had a clinic there. Interestingly, when my sister tried to do some research on who our biological fathers might be, she contacted the Jones Foundation, and the President contacted Dr. Howard Jones himself, who was still going strong at 103!

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