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While I had always known that I was adopted, it wasn’t until my mom revealed the one piece of information my parents knew about my origins that I launched a search for my birth parents. I had been found on the back doorstep of a residence, estimated to be three days old, wrapped in a man’s black wool shirt and a blanket…
US Sperm banks have promised anonymity to donors – but can they keep that promise? It was just after New Year’s 2019 that Danielle* received the startling Cease and Desist letter at the home she shares with her child in the US. The legal letter was sent from NW Cryobank, the sperm bank she used to conceive her daughter. In it, the sperm bank alleges Danielle has violated the Customer Agreement she signed with them after the sperm bank discovered Danielle had submitted her daughter’s DNA to popular home DNA test service 23andMe. Reading the intimidating letter, Danielle’s heart sank as she felt shocked….
I’ve always known the name of the woman who gave birth to me, my birth mother. When I was 18 she found me and of course one of the first things I asked was who my father was and what his name is. She would never give me those answers. So at 35 years old, I decided to find them for myself…
In January 1996 on my 18th birthday, I learned Ray, the man I thought was my dad all my life wasn’t. I was shocked, a little devastated and, also relieved. He and my mom divorced when I was in kindergarten. I wasn’t close to him or most of his family. In hindsight I think secretly he and his parents always knew I wasn’t one of them….
"It says on the Ancestry.com website that this person is my first cousin! Can that be real!!?!?? What could this mean?"
