Janete from Brazil, conceived her child with a man from Haiti, but did not know that she was pregnant until she went into labour onboard. Her water broke as she was airlifted from the vessel in a basket by a rescue helicopter 400 miles and a four-hour flight from the hospital.
Margarita from Peru got pregnant onboard after a crazy night with a man from Spain in spite of him being gay. They live together in Spain with their son but are not together, forcing her to start from nothing, and to be dependent on someone who is not her true partner.
In 1994 Arlene from Northern Ireland was pregnant onboard with a man from Trinidad when she found out he had a secret family back home. In her 20’s she single handedly raised their mixed-race son in her tiny rural catholic community, of 400 people.