YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OA5tgClCBLM
Previous: You Stopped Exercising. The Gains That Stuck Around Might Surprise You.
Next: The Nazi Textbook That Doctors Still Use Today

Categories

Statistics

View count:1,038
Likes:134
Comments:24
Duration:12:37
Uploaded:2026-01-28
Last sync:2026-01-28 18:15

Citation

Citation formatting is not guaranteed to be accurate.
MLA Full: "How To Make A Baby With Three Parents." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 28 January 2026, www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA5tgClCBLM.
MLA Inline: (SciShow, 2026)
APA Full: SciShow. (2026, January 28). How To Make A Baby With Three Parents [Video]. YouTube. https://youtube.com/watch?v=OA5tgClCBLM
APA Inline: (SciShow, 2026)
Chicago Full: SciShow, "How To Make A Baby With Three Parents.", January 28, 2026, YouTube, 12:37,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OA5tgClCBLM.
Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free for a full 30 days and get 20% off their annual premium subscription.







In 2016, a baby boy was born in Mexico who was special. He had three genetic parents. In the nearly ten years since, he's been joined by dozens of other babies who owe their existence to three genetic parents. Here's the science of how it happens, why it's needed, and where the research is going from here.







Hosted by: @NotesByNiba



----------



Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going!



https://www.patreon.com/scishow



Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support



Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights:



https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email



----------



Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Jp Lynch, Friso, Cye Stoner, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, J.V. Rosenbalm, Adam Brainard, Alan Wong, Bethany Matthews, David Johnston, Jaap Westera, Reed Spilmann, Toyas Dhake, Chris Curry, Matt Curls, Garrett Galloway, Blood Doctor Kelly, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters, Kevin Knupp, Steve Gums, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow



----------



Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?



SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/



TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow



Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow



Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow



Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social







#SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly



----------



Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSxoEXX2KxhmfNAJMRjdMw-8h2Q4sjwz--N5KWZDSTh4GWsN3JYP04RcKH6uTd7dsdbxnE_h4TjFnx3/pub
No transcript to display.