Thursday, November 3, 2005

Boy Tracks Down His Sperm Donor Father Using Swab Test And The Internet

From BBC NEWS:
A 15-year-old boy has tracked down his anonymous sperm donor father using a swab test and the internet.

He sent off his own cheek swab to an online genealogy DNA-testing service.

This case has serious implications for men who have donated sperm in the past with promises of anonymity, says New Scientist Magazine...
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A discussion over brunch at Campus Club, Princeton University, Fall 1993...

Richard: "Check out this advertisement in "The Prince" for anonymous sperm and egg donors from the Ivy League, MIT and Stanford."

Huck: "So, if one of these kids grows up, can they put that they're a legacy on the application?"

True story.