You’ve heard of Elon Musk—the billionaire entrepreneur known not only for Tesla and SpaceX but also for fathering a small army of children.
But what if someone with no fortune, living in a modest house in North East England, had a similar goal… only taken to the extreme?
Meet Rob Albon, a 54-year-old man who proudly claims to have fathered 190 children.
That’s not a typo.
One hundred and ninety.
And he’s not slowing down.
Why He’s Doing It: A Mix of Legacy, Mission, and Ego
“I’m just doing my part,” Rob says with a grin.
He speaks softly, almost gently, with a surprising American twang.
According to him, this is his version of giving back to the world.
He sees it as a form of creativity, of legacy, of honoring his ancestors.
“Filial piety,” he calls it—a duty to continue the bloodline.
And while Musk builds rockets and robots, Rob builds families, one child at a time.
His method?
Private sperm donation—often not the clinical kind, but “natural insemination” (yes, the old-fashioned way) or a similar variation that, as he puts it, just works better than syringes.
Sex Is Just a “Creative Perk,” He Claims
If it sounds like he’s found a morally murky loophole to have sex with strangers under the banner of altruism, you’re not alone in thinking that.
Medical experts and fertility professionals have called out Rob’s methods as predatory and unregulated.
But Rob shrugs it off.
“I enjoy it, sure. But it’s about helping people have families,” he says, insisting the women he helps are satisfied—both with the experience and the results.
From the U.S. to the U.K.—And Into Controversy
Originally from the U.S., Rob moved to the UK in 2020.
He had already left a complicated trail in his home country and in Argentina, where he lived and worked as a translator.
In Britain alone, he’s fathered about 40 children.
His activities came under serious legal scrutiny after he tried to claim parental rights to a child he fathered for a same-sex couple.
That case ended up in court—and not in his favor.
The Court Didn’t Hold Back
In a rare move, a family court judge in Cardiff publicly named Rob and warned women about his actions.
The court described him as a man lacking empathy, who would do anything to get his way.
Unfazed, Rob still believes he was right: “The child deserves to know the truth,” he insists, arguing his name should’ve been on the birth certificate instead of someone else’s.
The Man Behind the Persona
Spend time with Rob and you’ll notice a strange contradiction: he can be smart and articulate, yet wildly out of touch with how others see him.
He often flips criticism back on his accusers, claiming they are the ones lacking empathy or control.
He’s now even charging people £50-£60 an hour as a “McKenzie Friend,” helping others (mostly fathers) navigate the legal system without formal legal representation.
A Complicated Love Life and a Trail of Broken Bonds
At one point, Rob lived with a British woman named Ellie Ellison, whom he’d helped conceive via natural insemination.
They even talked about marriage.
But the relationship fell apart before the baby was even born.
He hasn’t seen his son in four years.
Rob blames Ellie for the breakup, claiming she initially agreed to him continuing his donor lifestyle—until she didn’t.
“She changed her mind,” he says, shrugging.
“Her family didn’t like me, but they were just jealous.”
A Long History of Secrecy, Strain, and Estrangement
Before moving to the UK, Rob had a 30-year marriage in the States.
He and his ex-wife had two children together.
But even while married, he was fathering “a few illegitimate children here and there,” as he puts it, almost like talking about buying second-hand furniture.
His daughter, Mimi, now estranged from him, publicly called him manipulative and dangerous.
He sees their fallout more as a clash of strong personalities than anything else.
Arrest Warrants, Missed Child Support, and No Regrets
Rob’s activities have left more than just emotional chaos. In Wisconsin, he has an active arrest warrant for failing to pay child support for one of his donor children.
His response?
“I haven’t met the child and don’t know the details.”
Despite the size of his offspring count, he supports none of them financially.
He claims to have occasional meetings with 50–60 of them—an hour here, a meal there—but there’s no regular fathering going on.
Still Looking for Love—and More Children
Rob says he’s open to settling down, but only with someone young enough to have kids.
“I might want one more,” he says with a grin.
Even after everything—the court cases, the estranged kids, the judgment calls—he’s still on a mission to multiply.
“One day,” he muses, “my children might want to know me when they have kids of their own.”
Until then, the man who calls himself the poor man’s Elon Musk is still out there—advertising, donating, and waiting for the next woman who wants his genes.