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GRACE TOBIN: In the heart
of Angeles City, the Philippines,
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GRACE TOBIN: In the heart
of Angeles City, the Philippines,
sex is for sale
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sex is for sale
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and girlfriends are for hire.
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Clubs like this one
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cater for the many foreign men
who flock here each year.
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This is Walking Street.
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This is actually the capital
of sex-tourism industry
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This is actually the capital
in Angeles City.
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in Angeles City.
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These sex tourists seek cheap thrills
in Angeles City.
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These sex tourists seek cheap thrills
with no consequences.
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Instead they've fathered
tens of thousands of children
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Instead they've fathered
and then abandoned them.
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and then abandoned them.
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Hi. I'm Lester. I'm 20 years old.
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My name is Cassandra
and I'm 15 years old.
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Hi. My name is Luis
and I'm 17 years old.
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Their mums worked the bars.
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Their dads were the clients.
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I want to find out who my father is
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because it's a bit sad
to live without a father.
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But now these children,
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raised in poverty
and robbed of their identities,
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can find out where they came from.
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In a trailblazing project,
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their DNA is being used
to hunt down their missing dads.
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If we can find the fathers
of these children,
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If we can find the fathers
it could be transformative.
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it could be transformative.
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And for the first time
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Australian sex-tourist fathers
And for the first time
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Australian sex-tourist fathers
are finally being held to account.
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ANDREW MACLEOD:
The power of this technology,
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where we're allowing children
to find their fathers,
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sends a very strong message
to these predators -
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"You thought
you could get away with it.
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"You thought
"You can now be caught."
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"You can now be caught."
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(CHATTER, CLACKING IN BACKGROUND)
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Jennilyn's is one crowded house.
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A single mum
with seven kids and two cats.
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(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
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She now works in a call centre,
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but Jennilyn used to be a bar girl,
or hostess, just as her mum was.
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Jennilyn's clients,
or guests, as she calls them,
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Jennilyn's clients,
were mostly foreigners.
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were mostly foreigners.
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Luis's dad was one of them.
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Luis is a teenager,
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the same age as she was
when she became pregnant with him.
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(ROOSTER CROWS)
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Now Luis has been DNA-swabbed
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there's a chance they'll both learn
Now Luis has been DNA-swabbed
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there's a chance they'll both learn
who his father actually is.
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JENNILYN: My hope is very slim
if he's still alive or not.
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I'm not saying
that he might already be dead,
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but, for me,
at least it's a closure for Luis
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because my dad
is also an African-American
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that I never grew with.
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So, the closure
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is 100% important on my part.
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But in Luis's part, I'm not so sure
is 100% important on my part.
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But in Luis's part, I'm not so sure
what he is looking for.
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But in Luis's part, I'm not so sure
But closure will be the best way.
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But closure will be the best way.
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At least he won't die
without knowing his father.
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(TRAFFIC BUZZES)
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Angeles, in the shadow
of two brooding volcanoes,
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is just two hours' drive from Manila.
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(ENGINES WHINE)
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Over the decades
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two vast US bases
Over the decades
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two vast US bases
at Clark Field and Subic nearby
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spawned a prolific
sex-tourism industry here.
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Bars served cheap beer
and cheap sex.
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Bars served cheap beer
By the 1990s
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By the 1990s
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Australians were well-entrenched
in the business
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and the Aussie customers
continued to arrive in droves.
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The City of Angels
is now better known as Sin City.
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Unprotected sex costs extra
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and sex workers
can earn more in one night
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and sex workers
than in two weeks in a call centre.
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than in two weeks in a call centre.
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Abortion is illegal
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and sometimes lethal.
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There are estimated to be tens
of thousands of biracial children...
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..most condemned
to a hand-to-mouth existence
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in the shanties
of back-alley Angeles.
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(KIDS CHATTER AT PLAY)
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Jayden is eight years old
and loved by his mum,
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Jayden is eight years old
but there's no dad in his life.
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but there's no dad in his life.
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He was a sex tourist.
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Judith says Jayden's dad
was much older than her.
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The years went by,
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and as Jayden moved
from baby to boyhood
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Judith continued to work at the bar.
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Jayden says he wants to be
a police officer when he grows up.
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Ooh! It's raining.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Six months earlier
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a social worker turned up at Jayden's
Six months earlier
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a social worker turned up at Jayden's
place to take a saliva sample.
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Marivic Panilawan
is with Angeles Relief,
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the Australian agency
behind the DNA project,
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the Australian agency
implementing it on the ground.
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implementing it on the ground.
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Marivic has made it her mission
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to check on the welfare of the
Marivic has made it her mission
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to check on the welfare of the
abandoned children and their mums.
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She can't hide her contempt
for the foreign sex tourists.
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MARIVIC PANILAWAN:
They just using these women
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as a resources for their own lust
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and having just some fun.
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There are treating
these Filipino workers as a doll.
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It's very inhumane.
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It's disgusting.
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They come here because
the value of their money is huge.
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Even if they only having
a vacation here, having some fun,
They come here because
the value of their money is huge.
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Even if they only having
a vacation here, having some fun,
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they can maximise the value of their
money in peso when they come here.
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Not only that,
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sex workers here are not protected
by the law or by the government,
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sex workers here are not protected
so, they can do whatever they want.
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so, they can do whatever they want.
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These sex workers are being paid
for being a prostitute,
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These sex workers are being paid
being paid for the sex.
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being paid for the sex.
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They are not being paid
being paid for the sex.
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They are not being paid
to get pregnant
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They are not being paid
and to raise these children.
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and to raise these children.
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10,000 kilometres away
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Australian lawyer Andrew MacLeod
is walking to work.
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A visiting professor
with King's College London,
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he's acquired a niche interest
in genetics.
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He realised DNA technology
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could reveal the abandoned children's
true identities.
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ANDREW MACLEOD: These sex tourists,
they know they're creeps.
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They know
what they're doing is wrong.
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They just thought
they'd never get caught.
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And that's the power
of what this DNA project is.
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It creates the fear of detection
in the minds of past perpetrators,
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and when people
see what this technology can do,
It creates the fear of detection
in the minds of past perpetrators,
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and when people
see what this technology can do,
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we scare the bejesus
out of future perpetrators.
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Six years ago
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DNA technology was used to track down
a rapist and murderer
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who terrorised California
in the '70s and '80s.
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The Golden State Killer,
as he'd been dubbed,
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had evaded capture for decades.
The Golden State Killer,
as he'd been dubbed,
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had evaded capture for decades.
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He was unmasked
as Joseph James DeAngelo,
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a 72-year-old grandfather
and former cop
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thanks to DNA
from a 40-year-old crime scene
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which had been uploaded
to an ancestry website.
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The killer's DNA matched that
of several of DeAngelo's relatives.
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From there, it was just
piecing together a family tree.
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In 2020
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the Golden State Killer was convicted
and sentenced to multiple life terms.
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Mr DeAngelo will spend
the rest of his natural life
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Mr DeAngelo will spend
and ultimately meet his death
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and ultimately meet his death
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confined behind the walls
and ultimately meet his death
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confined behind the walls
of a state penitentiary.
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confined behind the walls
(APPLAUSE)
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(APPLAUSE)
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ATTORNEY: The answer was and
always was going to be in the DNA.
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We knew we could and should solve it
ATTORNEY: The answer was and
always was going to be in the DNA.
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We knew we could and should solve it
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using the most innovative
DNA technology
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using the most innovative
DNA technology
available at this time.
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available at this time.
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Professor Andrew MacLeod
had recently read a newspaper feature
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Professor Andrew MacLeod
about the children of Filipino women
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about the children of Filipino women
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abandoned by their foreign
about the children of Filipino women
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abandoned by their foreign
sex-tourist fathers.
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abandoned by their foreign
ANDREW MACLEOD: I thought to myself,
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ANDREW MACLEOD: I thought to myself,
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if you could use
this genetic-genealogy technology
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if you could use
to track crime-scene DNA,
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to track crime-scene DNA,
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imagine if a man
to track crime-scene DNA,
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imagine if a man
had abused a woman overseas
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and she got pregnant
and had a child,
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could you use the DNA of that child
to track the father
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and then
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contact the father and see
and then
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contact the father and see
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if he would be willing to give
child support or things like this?
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30 seconds now. Uh?
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Marivic's DNA samples
are sent off to a lab
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where their genomes are compared
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to a commercially available
genetic database.
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to a commercially available
Very good. Thank you so much.
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Very good. Thank you so much.
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Relatives of each child
will be flagged.
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Paternal family trees
can then be built up
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with the help
of some internet digging.
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Genealogists then get to work
on those names.
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It's genetic triangulation, really.
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And here's how it works.
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If you go on
to one of these ancestry sites
And here's how it works.
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If you go on
to one of these ancestry sites
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If you go on
and you've done a DNA test,
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and you've done a DNA test,
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it'll reveal
and you've done a DNA test,
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it'll reveal
the closest DNA matches to you.
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it'll reveal
the closest DNA matches to you.
From these names, you can start
to figure out your family tree.
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From these names, you can start
to figure out your family tree.
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It does depend on whether one of your
relatives has also done a DNA test.
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And the closer that relative
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the easier it is to trace
your biological family.
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the easier it is to trace
These sites also feature maps
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These sites also feature maps
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displaying
These sites also feature maps
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displaying
your DNA's ancestral geography.
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displaying
This is an actual map
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This is an actual map
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of one of the Angeles City children
with an Aussie father.
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The mum is in the Philippines,
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and then the Australian father's
family
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and then the Australian father's
originally from Scotland and Ireland.
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originally from Scotland and Ireland.
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Genetic genealogists,
originally from Scotland and Ireland.
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Genetic genealogists,
or DNA detectives,
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Genetic genealogists,
use the family trees they build up
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use the family trees they build up
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to identify likely candidates
for the biological fathers.
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to identify likely candidates
They then track them down
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They then track them down
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using search engines, public records
They then track them down
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using search engines, public records
and social media.
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(ENGINES WHINE)
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(TYRES SKID)
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Andrew MacLeod,
professor and dad hunter,
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makes regular trips
to the Philippines
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makes regular trips
to oversee the DNA project.
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to oversee the DNA project.
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Today he's heading to Angeles.
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Thanks.
OK.
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10:30AM
and he drops in on Walking Street,
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where it's never too early
for a beer.
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He wants us to glimpse
the street culture.
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Oh, you're Aussie as well?
Yeah.
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Oh, you're Aussie as well?
Yeah. How are you going?
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Yeah. How are you going?
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There's no shortage
Yeah. How are you going?
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There's no shortage
of fellow Aussies here.
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There's no shortage
And your missus is Filipino?
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And your missus is Filipino?
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Yeah.
Ah, good one.
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Some men like to think transactional
sex does not involve abuse.
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Some men like to think transactional
I disagree with them.
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I disagree with them.
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So, you sell Cialis and you sell
Viagra, but you don't sell condoms?
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The Philippines is one of the world's
most Catholic countries.
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Contraception is rarely used here.
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Abortion's illegal,
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as is prostitution.
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If you are a white man coming
from a relatively wealthy country
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and you are manipulating
a woman's poverty,
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and you are manipulating
a woman's poverty,
even if she's overage
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even if she's overage
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and even if she consensually engages
in transactional sexual activity,
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can you honestly, hand on heart,
say that's not partly abusive?
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Are you from Aussie as well?
Yeah.
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Where are you from?
Cairns.
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Ah, there's a bloke just down there,
he was from Cairns too.
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Yeah!
Yeah.
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The Angeles speciality
for sex tourists
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The Angeles speciality
is the 'girlfriend experience'.
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is the 'girlfriend experience'.
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Men can rent sex workers
for a whole day, a week or even two.
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Yeah.
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Yep. Yep.
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Yep.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
(MUSIC, CHATTER)
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(MUSIC, CHATTER)
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Some of the women harbour hopes
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that the 'girlfriend experience'
might turn into a real relationship.
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Hey.
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Where are you from?
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Sydney.
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OK. Sorry about that.
I'm from Melbourne.
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(LAUGHS)
I won't hold that against you.
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(LAUGHS)
Yeah.
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Yeah.
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There has always been a sex industry
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and there will always
There has always been a sex industry
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and there will always
be a sex industry,
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and in many countries the sex
industry is lawful and legitimate.
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So, I'm not attacking
the sex industry.
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I'm attacking the men
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who think they can impregnate
someone and get away with it.
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I am targeting the men who steal
the identity of their own children.
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If you've abused a woman
in a country like this
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and you've chosen
not to wear a condom
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and you have deliberately
impregnated a woman,
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you will be caught one day.
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The power of this technology,
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where we're allowing children
to find their fathers,
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but not just their fathers,
their genetic families,
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including brothers and cousins,
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this sends a very strong message
to these predators -
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"You thought
you could get away with it.
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"You can now be caught.
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"It might not be today,
might not be tomorrow.
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"It might be on your 80th birthday
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"that someone
"It might be on your 80th birthday
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"that someone
comes knocking on your door."
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"that someone
You might even die of old age,
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You might even die of old age,
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and the legacy of your family
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is when a child here in Philippines
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approaches one of your children
in Australia or the UK
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and says, "Hi, I'm your brother,"
or "Hi, I'm your sister,"
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and the family then realises
you - YOU - were an abuser.
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After months of waiting for the
results of the genealogical research,
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Marivic is visiting Luis.
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His mum hadn't held out much hope
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of the saliva swab taken six months
His mum hadn't held out much hope
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of the saliva swab taken six months
ago yielding definite results.
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But Marivic's got good news for Luis.
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(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE) Jen?
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(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
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Thanks.
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The genealogists
have tracked down his dad.
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Hello. Como esta?
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Jennilyn and Luis
are anxious to hear the result.
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Luis is about to learn
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that his newfound father is a wealthy
businessman from New Zealand,
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that his newfound father is a wealthy
where he owns a beach resort.
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where he owns a beach resort.
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00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:01,580
Harry Potter's in his mid-70s.
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According to Facebook,
he now lives in Pattaya, Thailand.
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He would like to help you
to apply a New Zealand citizenship.
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Luis must now ready himself
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to speak to his father
for the very first time in his life.
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Marivic is also working
with Margaret Simons,
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Marivic is also working
a Melbourne-based journalist.
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a Melbourne-based journalist.
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(BRIDGE CLACKS)
a Melbourne-based journalist.
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(BRIDGE CLACKS)
Agh!
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MARGARET SIMONS:
I went to the Philippines
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MARGARET SIMONS:
in 2015 for the first time.
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in 2015 for the first time.
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I had heard that there were many
in 2015 for the first time.
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I had heard that there were many
children of Australian sex tourists
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who had been abandoned
by their fathers
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who had been abandoned
and who were living in poverty,
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and who were living in poverty,
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and I went there
to research the story.
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She wrote the newspaper feature
which Andrew MacLeod had read.
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It got quite a large reader response
and many readers wanted to help.
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00:21:23,540 --> 00:21:25,820
They said, "How can I help?
Can I sponsor a child?
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"Can I save a girl from sex work?"
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This is where she was living
when we found her.
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Margaret set up the aid group
Angeles Relief
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to provide financial support
for the mums and the kids.
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They're showing Andrew
the grim conditions
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in which they'd found
one of the children.
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You don't see many Western women
around here,
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You don't see many Western women
but Margaret knows Walking Street.
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but Margaret knows Walking Street.
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She's been coming here
for almost a decade.
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She's been coming here
What do you want first?
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What do you want first?
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00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:01,420
Have you got iced latte?
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00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:02,700
We don't have iced latte.
377
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,260
No? OK.
Brewed coffee.
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00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:06,500
Just cafe latte.
OK. Thank you.
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If I'm sitting in a restaurant
on Walking Street in Angeles City,
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typically, I will see a man, 50, 60,
If I'm sitting in a restaurant
on Walking Street in Angeles City,
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typically, I will see a man, 50, 60,
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with a woman in her early 20s,
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with a woman in her early 20s,
sometimes much younger than that,
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sometimes much younger than that,
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sometimes clearly underage as well,
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which is particularly distressing.
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The whole place, really,
which is particularly distressing.
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The whole place, really,
was set up for Westerners
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The whole place, really,
and Australians in particular.
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00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:28,140
and Australians in particular.
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It is true that some of these women
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hope to marry a man
and find a lover,
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00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:34,060
hope to marry a man
but, generally speaking,
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but, generally speaking,
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the women are in a particularly
but, generally speaking,
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the women are in a particularly
powerless position.
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00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:38,180
the women are in a particularly
The sex is certainly much cheaper,
398
00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:40,580
The sex is certainly much cheaper,
399
00:22:40,580 --> 00:22:43,740
and for the men
it can be without consequences.
400
00:22:43,740 --> 00:22:45,020
They leave, they go home.
401
00:22:45,020 --> 00:22:47,500
They never have to deal
with any consequences,
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00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,140
including any child
they may have fathered.
403
00:22:50,140 --> 00:22:54,700
Whereas if they fathered a child
in the UK or America or Australia,
404
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:57,700
they might be liable
for paying child support.
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00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:02,820
The power dynamic, she says,
is not in these women's favour.
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00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:07,540
If a man
doesn't want to use a condom,
407
00:23:07,540 --> 00:23:07,780
If a man
there's really not much chance
408
00:23:07,780 --> 00:23:09,260
there's really not much chance
409
00:23:09,260 --> 00:23:11,740
that they're going to be able
to enforce that.
410
00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:13,980
Men will often pay more
not to use a condom.
411
00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:18,900
Pregnancy might be seen
as an occupational hazard,
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00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:24,300
and, indeed, some of the women
do get pregnant deliberately
413
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because they hope
that that will mean
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that the man
will stay in their lives,
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00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:27,860
that the man
and that can be transformative.
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00:23:27,860 --> 00:23:29,540
and that can be transformative.
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00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:43,020
(DOGS BARK)
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Maxine was abandoned by her father
14 years ago.
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00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:52,500
He was a regular visitor
to the nightclubs of Angeles,
420
00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:52,740
He was a regular visitor
where her mum was a sex worker.
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00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:55,700
where her mum was a sex worker.
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00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,900
Maxine's DNA results
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have revealed that her father
is a Queenslander in his late 50s.
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00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:03,500
have revealed that her father
His social-media profile
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00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:05,380
His social-media profile
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00:24:05,380 --> 00:24:05,620
shows him in hotel rooms, bars, pools
His social-media profile
427
00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:09,900
shows him in hotel rooms, bars, pools
and fast-food joints
428
00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:12,140
all over Angeles City.
429
00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:21,580
Maxine's in state care now
and lives in a shelter.
430
00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:21,820
Maxine's in state care now
Her mum struggles with drug use.
431
00:24:21,820 --> 00:24:24,460
Her mum struggles with drug use.
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00:24:24,460 --> 00:24:26,860
Marivic sees her often.
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00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:31,700
Her Aussie father
denied Maxine was his daughter
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00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:34,740
and said he had no interest
in helping.
435
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:35,900
Hi!
Hi!
436
00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:36,140
Hi!
He refused to pay child support.
437
00:24:36,140 --> 00:24:39,380
He refused to pay child support.
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00:24:47,660 --> 00:24:49,020
One half. One fourth.
439
00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:50,340
Fourth. One half.
440
00:24:50,340 --> 00:24:51,780
Disappear. Disappear.
441
00:24:51,780 --> 00:24:53,380
Disappear one half...
442
00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:53,620
Ah! (LAUGHS)
Disappear one half...
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00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:54,660
Ah! (LAUGHS)
Ah!
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00:24:54,660 --> 00:24:55,940
(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
Again.
445
00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:09,140
That's all.
446
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:17,140
Four years ago, when Maxine was 11,
447
00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:19,580
Angeles Relief
had to run to the rescue
448
00:25:19,580 --> 00:25:23,620
to prevent her being forced
into the sex trade as well.
449
00:25:24,580 --> 00:25:28,540
If Maxine were to be granted
Australian citizenship,
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her options
could open up significantly.
451
00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:35,500
(RAIN THRUMS)
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00:25:38,460 --> 00:25:41,380
(KIDS YELL)
453
00:25:41,380 --> 00:25:45,540
For the mothers
of children born to these men,
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tracking down the fathers
brings hope of financial support.
455
00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:52,060
For the children,
456
00:25:52,060 --> 00:25:52,300
it's about gaining
For the children,
457
00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:54,620
it's about gaining
a sense of identity...
458
00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:54,860
it's about gaining
(KIDS YELL)
459
00:25:54,860 --> 00:25:56,180
(KIDS YELL)
460
00:25:56,180 --> 00:26:01,060
..and the life-changing opportunities
foreign citizenship could offer.
461
00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:07,020
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
462
00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:10,980
(CROWS)
463
00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:13,340
(CLUCKS)
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00:26:13,340 --> 00:26:17,580
Marivic is on her way
to Judith's place.
465
00:26:17,580 --> 00:26:20,860
It's results day for Jayden now.
466
00:26:22,340 --> 00:26:24,140
Hello, Jayden.
467
00:26:24,140 --> 00:26:25,980
Como esta?
468
00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:30,420
There's been a DNA match,
469
00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:30,660
although it's not as clear-cut
There's been a DNA match,
470
00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:34,940
although it's not as clear-cut
as it was with Luis.
471
00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:36,460
(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
472
00:26:36,460 --> 00:26:39,380
At first, Jayden's hesitant.
473
00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:41,100
(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
474
00:26:47,860 --> 00:26:48,900
OK.
475
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:49,140
She tells him his father
OK.
476
00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:52,780
She tells him his father
is one of three siblings,
477
00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:57,340
but the DNA result
can't confirm which one it is.
478
00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:05,940
Marivic then tells Judith
479
00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:09,580
that two of them had later moved
to the Philippines.
480
00:27:09,580 --> 00:27:13,140
The genealogists
had dug out pictures of them.
481
00:27:13,140 --> 00:27:16,220
Marivic shows them to Judith
on her tablet.
482
00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:23,900
No?
483
00:27:24,860 --> 00:27:27,380
Judith's really not too sure.
484
00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:29,180
The second brother, it turns out,
485
00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:33,740
is married to a Filipina,
and lives in Subic, a nearby town.
486
00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:45,500
Jayden says he wants to meet his dad.
487
00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:49,660
Judith asks to see
the brothers' photographs again.
488
00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:09,500
There's a discussion about exactly
what Jayden's father had looked like,
489
00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,380
and then she settles on it.
490
00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:15,420
Mm.
491
00:28:30,420 --> 00:28:31,820
Huh?
(CHUCKLES)
492
00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:32,060
Huh?
(CHUCKLES)
Bye-bye, now.
493
00:28:32,060 --> 00:28:32,980
Bye-bye, now.
494
00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:34,380
Bye-bye.
495
00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:34,620
Judith and Jayden
Bye-bye.
496
00:28:34,620 --> 00:28:37,180
Judith and Jayden
have both given their blessing
497
00:28:37,180 --> 00:28:40,900
for Angeles Relief to make contact
with the brothers.
498
00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:41,140
for Angeles Relief to make contact
Jayden's dad, whichever one he is,
499
00:28:41,140 --> 00:28:43,940
Jayden's dad, whichever one he is,
500
00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:46,340
won't have seen this coming.
501
00:28:46,340 --> 00:28:48,260
Yeah. OK, now.
502
00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:59,540
Harry Potter
hadn't seen it coming either,
503
00:28:59,540 --> 00:29:02,620
but he's embraced
this unexpected news
504
00:29:02,620 --> 00:29:06,860
that he's fathered a son
in the Philippines.
505
00:29:08,260 --> 00:29:09,740
Hi.
506
00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:14,540
Yes.
507
00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:14,780
Luis is about to see his dad
Yes.
508
00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:19,140
Luis is about to see his dad
for the very first time.
509
00:29:28,740 --> 00:29:31,260
Yes, I can see you clearly.
510
00:29:33,420 --> 00:29:34,740
Yes.
511
00:29:36,660 --> 00:29:41,780
Andrew's the oldest of Luis's
newly discovered half-siblings.
512
00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:03,220
Yes. I would like to go to school.
513
00:30:05,740 --> 00:30:06,780
Yes.
514
00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:13,580
Thank you, thank you.
515
00:30:13,580 --> 00:30:17,900
First they need to obtain
a birth certificate for Luis
516
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:22,180
so he can start the process of
applying for a New Zealand passport.
517
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:32,780
But Harry Potter
has some worrying news for his son.
518
00:30:52,420 --> 00:30:56,900
This makes their need to meet
in person soon all the more urgent.
519
00:30:57,860 --> 00:31:00,900
Harry wants Luis to come to Thailand
520
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:04,340
as soon as he gets
his New Zealand passport.
521
00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:07,220
They agree to all talk again soon.
522
00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:11,020
Thank you very much for accepting
Luis as one of your family
523
00:31:11,020 --> 00:31:11,260
Thank you very much for accepting
without any problem.
524
00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:12,540
without any problem.
525
00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:17,820
Same to you, guys.
Thank you, Andrew.
526
00:31:17,820 --> 00:31:18,060
Stay safe. Thank you. Bye.
Same to you, guys.
Thank you, Andrew.
527
00:31:18,060 --> 00:31:20,420
Stay safe. Thank you. Bye.
528
00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:27,420
Results are coming in now
for other children too
529
00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:31,900
with fathers from as far afield
as North America and Europe
530
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:34,500
as well as more from Australia.
531
00:31:38,460 --> 00:31:39,940
Social-media accounts
532
00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:45,460
suggest some may be living in Subic,
another nearby red-light destination.
533
00:31:47,140 --> 00:31:49,460
Marivic is on the case.
534
00:31:50,940 --> 00:31:55,300
It's not only Angeles City
who has a sex-tourism industry,
535
00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:55,540
It's not only Angeles City
but also in Subic,
536
00:31:55,540 --> 00:31:57,460
but also in Subic,
537
00:31:57,460 --> 00:32:00,620
it's also a hotspot of sex tourism.
538
00:32:01,940 --> 00:32:05,820
One of the two brothers
who could be Jayden's father
539
00:32:05,820 --> 00:32:08,780
had started messaging his mum,
Judith.
540
00:32:08,780 --> 00:32:11,020
He denied he was the dad
541
00:32:11,020 --> 00:32:14,100
but promised
to help out financially anyway.
542
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:14,340
but promised
Then he changed his mind.
543
00:32:14,340 --> 00:32:16,580
Then he changed his mind.
544
00:32:16,580 --> 00:32:20,540
Marivic messages him
to say she's in town,
545
00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:22,420
but there's no response.
546
00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:32,540
She marches determinedly
from bar to bar,
547
00:32:32,540 --> 00:32:36,820
talking to the women, the afternoon
drinkers and security men,
548
00:32:36,820 --> 00:32:40,100
showing them photographs
from her dad-hunter hit list.
549
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:41,820
Thank you very much.
Alright.
550
00:32:41,820 --> 00:32:44,540
Everyone is supportive of her mission
551
00:32:44,540 --> 00:32:48,220
to reunite the children
with their fathers.
552
00:32:48,220 --> 00:32:53,020
Marivic shows the photos
to the tricycle taxi drivers too.
553
00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:54,660
(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
554
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:56,820
One of the fathers
she was looking for
555
00:32:56,820 --> 00:32:57,060
One of the fathers
is a regular around here, they say.
556
00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:59,980
is a regular around here, they say.
557
00:33:01,380 --> 00:33:03,820
Ah, si! I know him.
558
00:33:03,820 --> 00:33:07,460
These bar girls recognise
one of the Aussie brothers,
559
00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:08,780
but from a while back.
560
00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:10,500
(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
561
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,940
They all agree
the picture Marivic shows them
562
00:33:13,940 --> 00:33:17,940
was definitely taken right here
on this very beach.
563
00:33:17,940 --> 00:33:20,860
They saw the picture,
they are familiar.
564
00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:21,100
And they are also aware
They saw the picture,
they are familiar.
565
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,380
And they are also aware
566
00:33:23,380 --> 00:33:26,340
that the background of the picture
is around here.
567
00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:26,620
that the background of the picture
is around here.
So, the girls even point out
the mountain ranges.
568
00:33:26,620 --> 00:33:30,340
So, the girls even point out
the mountain ranges.
569
00:33:30,340 --> 00:33:30,580
So, the girls even point out
(LAUGHS)
570
00:33:30,580 --> 00:33:31,580
(LAUGHS)
571
00:33:31,580 --> 00:33:34,220
(TRAFFIC BUZZES)
572
00:33:34,220 --> 00:33:34,460
These women all say
(TRAFFIC BUZZES)
573
00:33:34,460 --> 00:33:37,660
These women all say
they've seen the other brother
574
00:33:37,660 --> 00:33:40,620
roaming around the Subic bars
just recently.
575
00:33:40,620 --> 00:33:40,860
roaming around the Subic bars
Unprompted, they volunteer his name,
576
00:33:40,860 --> 00:33:44,660
Unprompted, they volunteer his name,
577
00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:44,900
the same name
Unprompted, they volunteer his name,
578
00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:47,820
the same name
the genealogists have arrived at.
579
00:33:47,820 --> 00:33:48,060
the same name
(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)
580
00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:50,460
(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)
581
00:33:50,460 --> 00:33:53,020
At the end of our conversation
582
00:33:53,020 --> 00:33:53,260
they said that they are not familiar
At the end of our conversation
583
00:33:53,260 --> 00:33:58,060
they said that they are not familiar
with the surname,
584
00:33:58,060 --> 00:33:58,300
they said that they are not familiar
they just know the first name,
585
00:33:58,300 --> 00:33:59,700
they just know the first name,
586
00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:03,820
and they are 70%, 80% sure
that it was him.
587
00:34:11,140 --> 00:34:15,540
Tracking down dads
requires slow, patient sleuthing.
588
00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,700
In the weeks ahead,
589
00:34:19,700 --> 00:34:20,980
Marivic and Judith,
590
00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:24,740
as well as Andrew and Margaret
working from London and Melbourne,
591
00:34:24,740 --> 00:34:24,980
as well as Andrew and Margaret
reach out to the Aussie brothers,
592
00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:26,500
reach out to the Aussie brothers,
593
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:26,740
trying to persuade them
reach out to the Aussie brothers,
594
00:34:26,740 --> 00:34:30,620
trying to persuade them
to take a DNA test.
595
00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:30,860
trying to persuade them
(WAVE CRASHES)
596
00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:31,980
(WAVE CRASHES)
597
00:34:31,980 --> 00:34:38,540
But relations turn from frosty
to downright hostile with both men.
598
00:34:44,060 --> 00:34:45,540
Over in Thailand
599
00:34:45,540 --> 00:34:50,540
Harry Potter has taken on the
responsibility of being Luis's dad.
600
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:54,660
The ageing businessman
isn't in the best of health
601
00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:59,420
and wants to get Luis to New Zealand
soon to give him a fresh start.
602
00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:02,620
What is it
that you want people to know?
603
00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:04,420
Harry's agreed to speak with us
604
00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:08,980
on the condition that
he'll only talk about Luis's future.
605
00:35:08,980 --> 00:35:09,220
on the condition that
How did you react at first
606
00:35:09,220 --> 00:35:10,620
How did you react at first
607
00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:10,860
when you were told
How did you react at first
608
00:35:10,860 --> 00:35:13,540
when you were told
you had this son in the Philippines?
609
00:35:13,540 --> 00:35:13,780
when you were told
I was surprised,
610
00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:15,300
I was surprised,
611
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:17,020
but, um...
612
00:35:17,020 --> 00:35:18,300
..but, yeah...
613
00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:20,180
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) I was surprised.
614
00:35:20,180 --> 00:35:22,580
It was a surprise, of course. Yeah.
615
00:35:22,580 --> 00:35:25,380
But it's a fact,
so, let's deal with it.
616
00:35:25,380 --> 00:35:27,580
Don't hide from it.
Let's deal with it.
617
00:35:27,580 --> 00:35:31,660
I know it was difficult
to connect with him over video,
618
00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:35,740
but seeing Luis for the first time,
for you, how did that feel?
619
00:35:35,740 --> 00:35:35,980
but seeing Luis for the first time,
I just feel some empathy for him
620
00:35:35,980 --> 00:35:38,660
I just feel some empathy for him
621
00:35:38,660 --> 00:35:42,500
because, I mean, he lives
in such difficult conditions,
622
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:44,820
unbelievably difficult conditions,
623
00:35:44,820 --> 00:35:48,340
definitely in the lowest 10%
in the world.
624
00:35:48,340 --> 00:35:48,580
definitely in the lowest 10%
He finished school at Grade 6.
625
00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:52,300
He finished school at Grade 6.
626
00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:55,020
I mean, he's just stuck there.
627
00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:58,100
I mean,
there's just no future there.
628
00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:00,700
We can improve his life
dramatically.
629
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:04,980
So, the object here is to get Luis
a New Zealand passport.
630
00:36:04,980 --> 00:36:06,260
Do you worry at all
631
00:36:06,260 --> 00:36:08,980
that there might be a bit of
a culture shock for Luis, though,
632
00:36:08,980 --> 00:36:12,380
going from the Philippines,
being in poverty conditions,
633
00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:13,700
into New Zealand?
634
00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:15,180
Of course there's a culture shock,
635
00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:18,860
and he'll need a lot of support
with that.
636
00:36:18,860 --> 00:36:20,100
We'll make sure that we've got
637
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:22,300
a Filipino family
for him to board with.
638
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:26,180
I don't want to have him.
I want him to grow.
639
00:36:26,180 --> 00:36:27,620
That's what I want.
640
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:29,580
It is an unusual situation
641
00:36:29,580 --> 00:36:32,860
that you've found out the information
that you have.
642
00:36:32,860 --> 00:36:34,180
What do you want people to know?
643
00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:38,700
Well, if you can support...
if you can support a child
644
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:38,940
Well, if you can support...
and let them know who they are,
645
00:36:38,940 --> 00:36:40,620
and let them know who they are,
646
00:36:40,620 --> 00:36:42,980
it's very important for them.
647
00:36:42,980 --> 00:36:44,420
Very important.
648
00:36:45,380 --> 00:36:48,780
It is important, and you can see
that it means a lot to Luis.
649
00:36:48,780 --> 00:36:49,020
It is important, and you can see
Mm.
650
00:36:49,020 --> 00:36:49,980
Mm.
651
00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:52,940
Yep.
652
00:36:52,940 --> 00:36:55,500
And... And that's what it's about.
653
00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:56,940
It's about Luis.
654
00:36:57,900 --> 00:36:59,260
It obviously means a lot to you...
655
00:36:59,260 --> 00:37:03,980
Harry Potter remains hopeful
of seeing Luis in person soon.
656
00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:04,220
Harry Potter remains hopeful
Thank you so much again.
657
00:37:04,220 --> 00:37:06,060
Thank you so much again.
658
00:37:06,060 --> 00:37:07,500
No problem. My pleasure.
659
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:09,300
Ciao. (CHUCKLES)
660
00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:14,100
That was unexpected for me in a way
661
00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:19,420
only because I didn't expect
Harry to get quite so emotional
662
00:37:19,420 --> 00:37:22,940
about this connection with Luis,
his son.
663
00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:25,180
And you could tell
it was quite genuine.
664
00:37:25,180 --> 00:37:26,700
It was absolutely genuine.
665
00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:28,940
And that came as a surprise for me.
666
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:31,100
(BARKS)
667
00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:34,620
The recent months have been
an emotional roller coaster
668
00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:36,660
for father and son.
669
00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:40,140
LUIS: I'm scared of my new life
670
00:37:40,140 --> 00:37:40,380
because this
LUIS: I'm scared of my new life
671
00:37:40,380 --> 00:37:43,340
because this
is very out of the ordinary
672
00:37:43,340 --> 00:37:47,300
and I'm really not sure
what's going to come.
673
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:50,620
I'm not sure
if it's going to be all good
674
00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:52,860
or there's some...
675
00:37:52,860 --> 00:37:57,940
..trouble that will occur
when I'm there.
676
00:37:59,020 --> 00:38:03,700
When I first known
about my other siblings and my dad,
677
00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:03,940
When I first known
I'm very surprised and very happy
678
00:38:03,940 --> 00:38:07,380
I'm very surprised and very happy
679
00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:11,660
because I have a lot of families now
that could help me
680
00:38:11,660 --> 00:38:15,060
and I could help them
when they're in need.
681
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:19,740
The thing I'm most excited for
is seeing my father in Thailand.
682
00:38:21,180 --> 00:38:23,340
I'm going to miss my mum.
683
00:38:23,340 --> 00:38:24,580
Definitely.
684
00:38:24,580 --> 00:38:29,580
Her and my siblings not being
on my side makes me really sad,
685
00:38:29,580 --> 00:38:36,060
but I think this is a good idea
for me to go to my father
686
00:38:36,060 --> 00:38:40,620
so I could find a better job
and help them in another way.
687
00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:45,180
There's a stigma attached
to Luis's very existence.
688
00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:48,380
Even his grandfather
was a sex tourist.
689
00:38:48,380 --> 00:38:49,660
(SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE)
690
00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:52,660
About my mother's past
and the reason I was born,
691
00:38:52,660 --> 00:38:55,460
I don't really think about it
too much,
692
00:38:55,460 --> 00:39:01,220
and I'm not going to let
the past define me.
693
00:39:01,220 --> 00:39:04,260
And even if other people
in New Zealand judge me,
694
00:39:04,260 --> 00:39:04,500
And even if other people
I won't listen to them, you know?
695
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,100
I won't listen to them, you know?
696
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:07,860
I won't let other people judge me
697
00:39:07,860 --> 00:39:08,100
about the past
I won't let other people judge me
698
00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,580
about the past
and my mother went through.
699
00:39:11,580 --> 00:39:11,820
about the past
I'm hoping that in New Zealand
700
00:39:11,820 --> 00:39:14,140
I'm hoping that in New Zealand
701
00:39:14,140 --> 00:39:18,140
people are more understanding
and more accepting
702
00:39:18,140 --> 00:39:22,180
when I...when they find out that...
703
00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:25,780
..they find out about my past.
704
00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:26,020
While things for Luis
..they find out about my past.
705
00:39:26,020 --> 00:39:29,020
While things for Luis
seem to be working out well...
706
00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:32,300
..it's rarely the case.
707
00:39:35,260 --> 00:39:40,180
A world away from the tin-roofed
shanties of Angeles City
708
00:39:40,180 --> 00:39:40,420
A world away from the tin-roofed
but only seven hours away by air,
709
00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:42,820
but only seven hours away by air,
710
00:39:42,820 --> 00:39:46,420
one of the brothers
who could be Jayden's father
711
00:39:46,420 --> 00:39:49,380
has moved back to suburban Perth.
712
00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:56,060
We've tracked him down,
know where he lives and works,
713
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:59,460
but for legal reasons
we can't name him.
714
00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:05,340
We've compiled a detailed dossier
on both these men
715
00:40:05,340 --> 00:40:07,580
complete with photographs
and information
716
00:40:07,580 --> 00:40:10,460
drawn from social media
and public records.
717
00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:14,340
The brothers, one in Perth,
the other still in Subic,
718
00:40:14,340 --> 00:40:16,900
are not on speaking terms,
to put it mildly.
719
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:20,140
Each of them is still
pointing the finger at the other
720
00:40:20,140 --> 00:40:24,340
while refusing to take a test
that would categorically confirm
721
00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:26,580
which of them is Jayden's father.
722
00:40:26,580 --> 00:40:29,260
They've both instructed
Perth-based lawyers
723
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:29,500
They've both instructed
to fend off Jayden and Judith.
724
00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,220
to fend off Jayden and Judith.
725
00:40:32,220 --> 00:40:32,460
Four Corners has contacted
to fend off Jayden and Judith.
726
00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:35,540
Four Corners has contacted
each of the brothers directly.
727
00:40:35,540 --> 00:40:39,820
We wanted to ask why
they've declined to take this test.
728
00:40:39,820 --> 00:40:42,660
(COOS)
(ROOSTER CROWS)
729
00:40:45,420 --> 00:40:49,740
We said that, for Jayden, knowing
which one of them was his father
730
00:40:49,740 --> 00:40:53,100
could give him that
all-important sense of who he was.
731
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:53,340
could give him that
(CROWS)
732
00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:55,140
(CROWS)
733
00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:55,380
We also raised
(CROWS)
734
00:40:55,380 --> 00:40:58,380
We also raised
the potentially life-changing impact
735
00:40:58,380 --> 00:41:01,620
that resolving this could have
on Jayden's mental wellbeing
736
00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:01,860
that resolving this could have
and his future.
737
00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,820
and his future.
738
00:41:03,820 --> 00:41:04,060
One of the brothers
and his future.
739
00:41:04,060 --> 00:41:07,180
One of the brothers
rebuffed us through his lawyers.
740
00:41:07,180 --> 00:41:07,420
One of the brothers
The other didn't respond at all.
741
00:41:07,420 --> 00:41:09,900
The other didn't respond at all.
742
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:12,820
(ROOSTER CROWS)
743
00:41:12,820 --> 00:41:15,620
(CEREMONIAL MUSIC PLAYS)
744
00:41:15,620 --> 00:41:19,140
(PRESENTER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
ON MICROPHONE)
745
00:41:19,140 --> 00:41:19,380
(PRESENTER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
746
00:41:19,380 --> 00:41:22,300
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
747
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:25,140
(CEREMONIAL MUSIC CONTINUES)
748
00:41:28,340 --> 00:41:32,300
It's graduation day
at the local high school.
749
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:37,740
At 15, Maxine's completed
her primary education.
750
00:41:37,740 --> 00:41:42,500
She's wearing a new dress
and looking anxious.
751
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:46,100
Andrew MacLeod has flown in
to witness her big moment,
752
00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:50,380
having just dropped her mother off
at rehab again.
753
00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:52,180
PRESENTER: Maxine...
754
00:41:52,180 --> 00:41:56,220
He recently persuaded Maxine's father
in Australia
755
00:41:56,220 --> 00:41:56,460
He recently persuaded Maxine's father
to pay $400 a month in child support.
756
00:41:56,460 --> 00:42:00,740
to pay $400 a month in child support.
757
00:42:00,740 --> 00:42:03,380
Faced with the DNA evidence,
758
00:42:03,380 --> 00:42:07,420
he's finally
shouldered his responsibility.
759
00:42:09,580 --> 00:42:11,060
ANDREW MACLEOD:
When I started this work,
760
00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:11,300
ANDREW MACLEOD:
I thought it was about
761
00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:12,540
I thought it was about
762
00:42:12,540 --> 00:42:12,780
child-support orders,
about identity and nationalities.
I thought it was about
763
00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:15,980
child-support orders,
about identity and nationalities.
764
00:42:15,980 --> 00:42:19,700
But it's not. It's actually about
the kids fulfilling THEIR potential.
765
00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:19,980
But it's not. It's actually about
the kids fulfilling THEIR potential.
It's about going to school,
getting education,
766
00:42:19,980 --> 00:42:22,300
It's about going to school,
getting education,
767
00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:24,140
breaking the cycle of poverty
768
00:42:24,140 --> 00:42:27,340
and being able to allow them
to flower as individuals.
769
00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:29,900
ANNOUNCER: (ON MICROPHONE)
The Department of Education...
770
00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:33,340
It's not just Maxine
graduating today.
771
00:42:33,340 --> 00:42:37,940
Luis has been going back to school
and has finished junior high.
772
00:42:37,940 --> 00:42:41,100
He's only three years behind now.
773
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:44,380
ANNOUNCER: Our education program
provides...
774
00:42:44,380 --> 00:42:48,460
His proud mum
arrives with his baby sister.
775
00:42:48,460 --> 00:42:49,540
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
776
00:42:49,540 --> 00:42:51,460
ANDREW MACLEOD:
I now get really emotional
777
00:42:51,460 --> 00:42:53,980
when you see
some of these kids go to school,
778
00:42:53,980 --> 00:42:55,820
get a graduation certificate,
779
00:42:55,820 --> 00:42:56,060
and how much more powerful
get a graduation certificate,
780
00:42:56,060 --> 00:42:59,260
and how much more powerful
it could be for so many more kids
781
00:42:59,260 --> 00:43:02,860
if only the fathers
stepped up to the plate.
782
00:43:02,860 --> 00:43:06,300
What this DNA technology does,
we know it works,
783
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:07,620
it unlocks the ability
784
00:43:07,620 --> 00:43:13,820
for a child born into sexual abuse
or sex slavery or transactional sex,
785
00:43:13,820 --> 00:43:16,820
born into shame and stigma
in some communities,
786
00:43:16,820 --> 00:43:19,180
to unlock the other half
of their identity,
787
00:43:19,180 --> 00:43:23,020
to empower them with the knowledge
of that half of that identity,
788
00:43:23,020 --> 00:43:26,940
and then to guide them
on what they do with that knowledge,
789
00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:29,500
ultimately to give THEM
a better future.
790
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,220
The DNA project in Angeles
791
00:43:33,220 --> 00:43:38,100
has helped just a handful of children
to track down their lost fathers.
792
00:43:39,060 --> 00:43:42,820
There are potentially
tens of thousands of others out there
793
00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:47,940
who have no clue as to the identity
of their foreign sex-tourist fathers
794
00:43:47,940 --> 00:43:49,420
who dumped them.
795
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:53,540
I hate these fathers, you know.
796
00:43:53,540 --> 00:43:56,740
Why did they left these children...
797
00:43:56,740 --> 00:43:59,140
In the first place,
798
00:43:59,140 --> 00:44:02,260
why did they allow...
799
00:44:03,780 --> 00:44:06,660
..these workers to be pregnant?
800
00:44:06,660 --> 00:44:11,220
Like, even if they want sex -
sure, why not? This is the business.
801
00:44:11,220 --> 00:44:17,140
But then you have the responsibility
not to get those girls be pregnant.
802
00:44:17,140 --> 00:44:20,180
It's good
that we have this DNA testing
803
00:44:20,180 --> 00:44:20,420
It's good
that somehow can find the father.
804
00:44:20,420 --> 00:44:24,500
that somehow can find the father.
805
00:44:29,540 --> 00:44:31,060
At the end of the day
806
00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:35,700
it boils down
to giving these children
807
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:35,940
it boils down
a sense of identity,
808
00:44:35,940 --> 00:44:38,540
a sense of identity,
809
00:44:38,540 --> 00:44:38,780
that, "Hey, I'm a normal kid.
a sense of identity,
810
00:44:38,780 --> 00:44:43,740
that, "Hey, I'm a normal kid.
I have a father."
811
00:44:52,300 --> 00:44:54,340
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
812
00:45:10,020 --> 00:45:11,500
Captions by Red Bee Media
813
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:11,740
Copyright
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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814
00:45:11,740 --> 00:45:13,700
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation