Rory fig 57 years old married Tamara Gilmer on August the 3rd 1985 and the couple has two daughters from this relationship the Audi's daughter Haiti was born in 1968 while the second daughter Hopi was born in 1988. the couple separated and fight for divorce on March 25th 1992. in 2002 Rory married Joey Martin with whom he started the Joey Road couple the couple has a daughter named Indiana and she was born on February 17 2014. however she was diagnosed with Down Syndrome Joey died of metastatic cervical cancer after two years on March 4th 2016 leaving fake along to care for their young daughter fake was aware that he would have to put up effort to overcome the particular difficulties that the child with impairments would experience the artist acknowledged that it has been an unexpected experience so far but does not believe that it entirely defines his daughter it is quite different from what I anticipated Joey and I were prepared for a child with a much lower IQ and abilities thanks to the books and blogs that I first read shortly after Indie was born and the advice I received which seemed to say this child is going to be completely different and set your expectations very very low he revealed as reported by medium foreign that hasn't happened at all she is very intelligent considerate and normal in this upbringing according to Fig has been quite similar to the upbringing of his Elder daughters Heidi and Hopi 27 years prior she may have little braces inside her shoes little almond shaped eyes and is unable to go up and down stairs but otherwise he said she's really typical this is partly because we don't perceive her as a kid with Down Syndrome rather we see her as a child foreign noted that her down syndrome is not a thing that is part of our lives and even more so a part of her thus far he stressed that he doesn't see himself as a father parenting a child with a handicap instead he saw himself as a parent raising a child in one of his block entries he discussed how Society has taught us all to feel sorry for parents who didn't have a normal kid since it makes them look like they have more of Lifetime burden fig asserts that this Viewpoint is wholly false foreign from other kids or having down syndromes doesn't make Indiana any less of a person than any kids and it doesn't make her goals or feelings any less valuable either as a youngster or as I imagine when she gets older and becomes an adult they all arrive in all sizes and forms some learn more quickly than others some speak more than others some crawl and walk sooner than others and others like Indie take their time but they are all lovely and were given to us as gifts from above he went on [Music] when pregnant women are tested and find out their unborn child has Down syndrome 70 to 90 percent of them choose to terminate the kid he continued by saying that he understood the sentiment since everyone has been hearing that they are flawed or less than three things Indiana is his beloved I could not feed them Joey not having those two years to be Indiana's mother and get to know the love and joy that Indie gave to her it was God's gift to her just as Indiana is my gift now she is a smile on the face of a father who should be crying she brings happiness to a family who lives should be miserable he said [Music] Indiana is now 8 years old and her happy father can't stop praising his little girl I used to wonder how in the world I got this lucky as I stared at Joey Indy came into bed with me this morning because she was eager to get out of bed and I wasn't she fell asleep as I was holding her and the Dawn was Rising by that time I'm fully awake and I just turned to face her wondering how in the world I managed to be so fortunate to be with such a lovely beautiful and perfect girl he told people that what do you think when Roady fig had to take care of his young daughter alone after his wife passes away please leave your comments below this video don't forget to subscribe to the channel and press the Bell to stay updated with the latest news about feek thank you for watching the whole video