She’s trying to whip up a sympathetic lynch mob to try to force the sperm bank to change its policies.
Her vague, emotional plea is nothing but PR. They don’t say what relative she approached, but by calling it a relative, it is clear that it is NOT the donor.
She did DNA testing for her child. That is reasonable and within her rights. What was wrong was contacting the donor’s relative and bringing up the sperm donation. For all we know, she told his mother, his sister, his child that he was a sperm donor ... that person talked to the donor, who then contacted the sperm bank.
I have male relatives I wouldn’t be surprised to find out had illegitimate offspring and found me on a DNA site, but that would literally be between us. However, the donor in this case AND the recipient had an agreement to be anonymous.
You don’t get to violate the contract you signed years later and use the kid as the excuse. That’s why they took back the sperm and threatened to sue for damages. The woman decided to use anonymous sperm, and she’s now trying to use emotional blackmail to say I don’t have to honor the contract after I got what I wanted.
Good summary.
Well said. She probably hoping to be one big happy family - smh.