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Are Sperm Donors Really Anonymous Anymore?
DNA testing makes them easy to trace.
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| March 1, 2010
| By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
Posted on 03/07/2010 3:20:47 PM PST by sodpoodle
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When Donor 3066 signed up with the California Cryobank, he offered some basic information about himself on a piece of paper: that he had a BA in theater; that his mother was a nurse and his father was in the Baseball Hall of Fame; that his birthday was Sept. 18, 1968. He made it clear that he didn't want to be found by signing a waiver of anonymity.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:20:47 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
To: sodpoodle
To: Eaker
Relevant to your interests ping.
To: humblegunner
My sperm donor thingy has an orange tip
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:24:07 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: sodpoodle
"When Donor 3066 signed up with the California Cryobank, he offered some basic information about himself on a piece of paper: that he had a BA in theater..." The guy sounds like a real jerk-off...
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:24:40 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: americanophile; Eaker
Oh- just what we needed - all the testosterone tubes - squirting out more trouble.
You are not welcome on this thread #3067 & #3071.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:25:46 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
To: sodpoodle
To: sodpoodle
I just wear a ski mask. It keeps my success rate on dates down, but think of the bucks it could save in the long run.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:27:20 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: sodpoodle
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:28:46 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Joe 6-pack
It sounds like he is begging to be sussed out.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:30:23 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: sodpoodle
Hmmm . . . a few hundred people in the Baseball Hall of Fame and fewer still who had sons born on September 18, 1968.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:30:31 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
“With DNA testing and Google, there’s no such thing as anonymity anymore,” says Wendy Kramer, the founder of the Donor Sibling Registry. “Donors are choosing anonymity because they’re not educated. If they were properly educated on the consequences, then many would choose not to donate.”
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:32:08 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
To: Vigilanteman
“Donor 3066 was being sought out by Michelle Jorgenson, a 39-year-old waitress from Sacramento, Calif., whose daughter, Cheyenne, was born in 1998.* When her daughter turned 5, Jorgenson joined the Donor Sibling Registry and began searching for other mothers and donor offspring who used Donor 3066. She was concerned because her daughter was sensitive to sounds and walked on her toes, and she wanted to know if other half-siblings were displaying similar behavior. Through the registry, she met a number of other mothers and half-siblings. She discovered that two had autism and two others showed similar signs of sensory disorder.”
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:34:12 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
To: americanophile
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:56:41 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: al baby
Ew, thanks for the visual. ;’)
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:57:05 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:57:25 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: martin_fierro; JoeProBono; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Swordmaker; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; ...
13 families, formed a bond around this anonymous man who was their biological link. They had unions and reunions and exchanged holiday cards... the California Cryobank would not release his identity. And because genetic testing is not part of their protocol or an FDA requirement, they could not offer any clues to his genetic history that might have caused these traits... he had a BA in theater; that his mother was a nurse and his father was in the Baseball Hall of Fame; that his birthday was Sept. 18, 1968. He made it clear that he didn't want to be found by signing a waiver of anonymity.
Also on the donor card was a series of hash marks representing the number of times he had to slam the ham, divided by the number of ceiling tiles.
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posted on
03/07/2010 4:01:31 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: Daffynition
![Photobucket](http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g219/grey_whiskers/normal_donor.jpg)
Cheers!
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posted on
03/07/2010 4:20:08 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: sodpoodle
She discovered that two had autism and two others showed similar signs of sensory disorder. Dizzy Dean? ;-)
Cheers!
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posted on
03/07/2010 4:21:16 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Daffynition
What’s the interest rate on a CD?
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posted on
03/07/2010 5:07:48 PM PST
by
seowulf
(Petraeus, cross the Rubicon.)
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