diff --git a/src/facilities/nursery/nurseryWidgets.js b/src/facilities/nursery/nurseryWidgets.js
index 2285091e07bb01074b973464facf270c96be1699..2ff911ca526844d2d975dabb4fd087af684ea7cc 100644
--- a/src/facilities/nursery/nurseryWidgets.js
+++ b/src/facilities/nursery/nurseryWidgets.js
@@ -1825,8 +1825,10 @@ App.Facilities.Nursery.LongInfantDescription = function(child) {
 		r = ``,
 		age,
 		title,
-		father,
-		mother;
+		father = 0,
+		fatherPC = 0,
+		mother = 0,
+		motherPC = 0;
 
 	const
 		{
@@ -1835,17 +1837,29 @@ App.Facilities.Nursery.LongInfantDescription = function(child) {
 
 	if (child.father === -1 && child.mother === -1) {
 		father = PC;
+		fatherPC = 1;
 		mother = PC;
+		motherPC = 1;
 	} else {
 		if (child.father === -1) {
 			father = PC;
+			fatherPC = 1;
 			mother = getSlave(child.mother);
 		} else if (child.mother === -1) {
 			father = getSlave(child.father);
 			mother = PC;
+			motherPC = 1;
 		} else {
-			father = getSlave(child.father);
-			mother = getSlave(child.mother);
+			if (child.father > 0) { /* Fathered by a current slave */
+				father = getSlave(child.father);
+			} else if (child.father < 0) { /* Fathered by a missing slave */
+				father = -1;
+			}
+			if (child.father > 0) { /* Mothered by a current slave */
+				mother = getSlave(child.mother);
+			} else if (child.mother < 0) { /* Mothered by a missing slave */
+				mother = -1;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2027,31 +2041,35 @@ App.Facilities.Nursery.LongInfantDescription = function(child) {
 
 	/* OPEN FAMILY */
 
-	if (father === PC && mother === PC) {
+	if (fatherPC && motherPC) {
 		r += `${He} is <span class="lightgreen">your child;</span> you knocked yourself up with ${him}. `;
-	} else if (father === mother) {
-		r += `He was <span class="lightgreen">both fathered and mothered by ${father.slaveName}.</span> `;
+	} else if (child.father === child.mother) {
+		r += `${He} was <span class="lightgreen">both fathered and mothered by ${father.slaveName}.</span> `;
 	} else {
-		if (father === PC) {
+		if (fatherPC) {
 			r += `${He} is <span class="lightgreen">your child;</span> you knocked up ${his} mother, ${SlaveFullName(mother)}. `;
-		} else if (mother === PC) {
+		} else if (motherPC) {
 			r += `${He} is <span class="lightgreen">your child;</span> you gave birth to ${him}. `;
 		} else {
 			let pName;
-			if (father > 0) {
-				if (child.father in V.missingTable && V.showMissingSlaves) {
-					pName = V.slaves[V.slaveIndices[child.father]].slaveName;
-				} else {
+			if (child.father !== 0) {
+				if (V.showMissingSlaves && child.father in V.missingTable) {
 					pName = `your former slave ${V.missingTable[child.father].slaveName}`;
+				} else if (child.father in V.slaveIndices) {
+					pName = V.slaves[V.slaveIndices[child.father]].slaveName;
 				}
-				r += `${He} was <span class="lightgreen">fathered by ${pName}'s</span> virile dick. `;
-			} else if (mother > 0) {
-				if (child.mother in V.missingTable && V.showMissingSlaves) {
-					pName = V.slaves[V.slaveIndices[child.mother]].slaveName;
-				} else {
+				if (pName) {
+					r += `${He} was <span class="lightgreen">fathered by ${pName}'s</span> virile dick. `;
+				}
+			} else if (child.mother !== 0) {
+				if (V.showMissingSlaves && child.mother in V.missingTable) {
 					pName = `your former slave ${V.missingTable[child.mother].slaveName}`;
+				} else if (child.mother in V.slaveIndices){
+					pName = V.slaves[V.slaveIndices[child.mother]].slaveName;
+				}
+				if (pName) {
+					r += `${He} was born from ${pName}'s fertile womb. `;
 				}
-				r += `${He} was born from ${pName}'s fertile womb. `;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -2082,7 +2100,7 @@ App.Facilities.Nursery.LongInfantDescription = function(child) {
 		if (jsDef(fi)) {
 			mfi = father.mother;
 			ffi = father.father;
-		} else if (father === PC) {
+		} else if (fatherPC) {
 			mfi = PC.mother;
 			ffi = PC.father;
 		}
@@ -2384,17 +2402,19 @@ App.Facilities.Nursery.LongInfantDescription = function(child) {
 
 	/* CLOSE FAMILY */
 
-	if (father === PC) {
+	if (father && fatherPC) {
 		if (child.eyeColor === PC.eyeColor) {
 			r += `${He} has your ${child.eyeColor} eyes, `;
-		} else {
+		} else if (mother) {
 			r += `${He} has ${his} mother ${mother.slaveName}'s ${child.eyeColor} eyes, `;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (child.eyeColor === father.eyeColor) {
+		if (father && child.eyeColor === father.eyeColor) {
 			r += `${He} has ${his} father ${father.slaveName}'s ${child.eyeColor} eyes, `;
-		} else {
+		} else if (mother) {
 			r += `${He} has ${his} mother ${mother.slaveName}'s ${child.eyeColor} eyes, `;
+		} else {
+			r += `${He} has ${child.eyeColor} eyes, `;
 		}
 	}
 	r += ` and ${he} will most likely have ${child.hColor} hair when ${he}'s older. `;