Comments on: In response to Donor-conceived being 20 times more likely to donate themselves

By: I am somebodys daddy - NEWS

I am somebodys daddy - NEWS — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:39:04 +0000

[...] recently begun blogging about her own issues with both her donor conception and her egg donation at familyscholars.org (which was set up by the Institute for American Values). The study and her recent focus on the [...]

By: On Donor Offspring Who Themselves ‘Donate’ « Family Scholars

On Donor Offspring Who Themselves ‘Donate’ « Family Scholars — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:42:07 +0000

[...] At this post an adult male donor offspring writes this: As a donor conceived offspring I was a breath away from donating myself. Why? Because I was carrying the burden of existential debt and felt that I had to give back to the process that created me. I was indebted and had to justify my own existence. I am glad I didn’t because it would have been the biggest mistake of my life. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter More Sharing Options var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname="On Donor Offspring Who Themselves ‘Donate’"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://familyscholars.org/2010/06/03/on-donor-offspring-who-themselves-donate/"; a2a_config.show_title=1; Print This Post [...]

By: dmianhadams

dmianhadams — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:24:07 +0000

As a donor conceived offspring I was a breath away from donating myself.
Why?
Because I was carrying the burden of existential debt and felt that I had to give back to the process that created me. I was indebted and had to justify my own existence.
I am glad I didn’t because it would have been the biggest mistake of my life.

By: John Howard

John Howard — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:47:55 +0000

And, your parents already endorsed it, you aren’t the one breaking something important that might offend or alarm them, which might be a major reason most people think twice about donating their (parent’s) genes. It should be remembered that the 23 chromosomes we pass on to our children are not “our” genes, but exact copies of our parent’s chromosomes in some discrete combination, each chromosome either coming from our mother or our father.

I think Alana’s “attempt at a little poetry” makes sense, too. It’s the only way to connect with a parent. I knew a friend whose father died of a heroin overdose when he was a young boy, and subsequently he too became a heroin addict. That certainly doesn’t qualify as an endorsement of heroin use.

By: Alana S.

Alana S. — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:46:51 +0000

Yes! And there’s that.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Another reason is that donor-conceived people know that donor conception actually exists.

Before I knew I was donor-conceived I can vaguely remember hearing about sperm donation but hardly knew what it was or even thought about it.