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Sperm donor siblings
I'm watching this show on CNN about adults finding siblings who have the same sperm donor dads and it has me thinking:
1) it's kinda like being half adopted. I would think the parents would need to tell a child at some point for medical history reasons that their dad they grew up with isn't biologically related
2) I'm not sure that I would seek out other half biological siblings.
3) It makes me wonder if we have children if we should ever tell them they were created through artificial insemination.
Thoughts?
Re: Sperm donor siblings
Are you adopting? If so, congrats! What a great decision!!!
If I were adopted or if my mother had used a sperm donor, I would never seek out my biological parents or biological siblings. So much more goes into being a parent than donating sperm or having given birth - I would consider my adoptive parents my "biological" parents and move on with life.
ha! when I read the title I was thinking like a brother donating sperm to his brother for him and his wife to make a baby! This makes much more sense
I agree that it is like being half adopted. I think though that the medical history is not so important. H doesn't know his dad. His mom left him and never told him she was pregnant. We have looked for him a bit, but his mom's info is sort of hit and miss. I don't think I would seek out other bio siblings. To be, biology isn't what makes you a family, the relationships are.
I don't think telling a child they were created through artifical insemination is a must, but I don't think it is super important they they don't know either. I think it would probably depend on the parent and the child.
This. I may consider having someone else contact them to obtain any relevant medical history (unless this is already done through the adoption agency/sperm donor place? I have no knowledge of this).