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It is well known that the Apéry sequence \(a_n=\sum_{k=0}^{n} {n \choose k}^2{n+k \choose k}^2\) satisfies the three term polynomial recurrence \[ n^3 a_n -(34n^3-51n^2+27n-5)a_{n-1}+(n-1)^3 a_{n-2}=0. \] The authors show that a large class of sequences generalizing this one (and including the sequences \(a_{r,s}\) defined below) do not satisfy any nontrivial two term polynomial recurrence. They also characterize the sequences of the type \[ a_{r,s} (n) = \sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k}^r{n+k \choose k}^s \] which satisfy a relation \[ a_{r,s} (n)= \sum_{k=0}^n \sum_{j=0}^k {k \choose j}^l {n \choose k} {n+k \choose k} \] for some \(l\).