"And you know what? I don't think that I missed a thing."
And when you and your wife die, you genes die with you. The world will never have anyone that came from you.
Please can I have your consideration? Some of us are not childless by choice.
By the way, if you knew these facts about your genetic make-up, would you still want to pass your genes along?
It's late, so if you respond I won't be able to answer until tomorrow.
You don't have to have a baby in order to pass on a family heritage. Many people adopt because of infertility and/or by choice.
I've never understood why that is absolutely critical to people, but if it weren't, I guess we wouldn't have that big IVF industry today.