tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52037998195832112382012-01-30T12:34:13.467-05:00What happens when artificially created bundles of joy begin to speak for themselves? Revolt! I'm a product of an anonymous sperm donor and now that I'm an adult I'm searching for answers and speaking out. And this is my story...Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-87552509111408010062012-01-26T16:54:00.002-05:002012-01-28T22:43:27.318-05:00

This is a very long-overdue post, and I apologize for my inconsistency these past few months.  Between two jet-setter holidays in a week (Ohio, back to New York to work 3 days, then off to Disney World for NYE, and back home all in a matter of less than 2 weeks), a new semester of classes to teach, and more out-of-town guests than I can keep track of -- yes, I am now a destination vacation -

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-28227891436416224132011-12-16T22:36:00.000-05:002011-12-16T22:36:12.394-05:00

I've been trying to blog now for a couple weeks, a lot on my mind but not a lot of time to put it into coherent sentences -- I love being busy, but after having sans-social life for so long I've forgotten what it's like to work all day and then go out every night with people (also my bank account isn't too happy either!!).  So here it is, Friday night, and I'm chilling with a glass of wine and

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-33198900382095901502011-11-30T12:12:00.001-05:002011-12-04T09:46:43.764-05:00

Jennifer Lahl and The Center for Bioethics and Culture's new film Anonymous Father's Day will be premiering on January 29, 2012 at: The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art 138 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 (212) 228-2810  There will be two showings of AFD, at 7pm and again at 9pm on the 29th, along with a reception.  The film will be shown throughout the week as will Eggsploitation. I will be

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-56453604681893245992011-11-18T10:14:00.002-05:002011-11-18T10:18:34.399-05:00

Jennifer Lahl's (creator of Eggsploitation) new film deals directly with the individuals conceived from anonymous sperm donors.  This is the trailer and the film is going to premier here in NYC on January 29th, 2012.  Stay tuned for more information! You can follow AFD on Facebook and Twitter.

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-5788971093998671282011-11-15T16:17:00.001-05:002011-11-15T16:27:02.483-05:00

Exciting news just announced from Family Tree DNA....they have begun a large scale holiday promotion with their most popular tests on sale for both new customers and current customers (to upgrade). The sale, unlike all their other sales which are only available for a VERY limited time, is open until the end of the year!  The Family Finder test, the best option for any donor conceived person or

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-73250512782361972302011-10-18T22:03:00.006-04:002011-10-19T16:42:26.789-04:00

Last week my friend Amanda over at The Declassified Adoptee wrote several posts (here, here, and here) comparing the #OccupyWallStreet movement to that of the Adoption Rights Movement....and while I've been following the protests closely from day one, I realized that I missed it.  I missed the parallels between the thousands of people who have descended on Zuccotti Park and in cities and campuses

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-39758920132369477532011-10-16T15:56:00.001-04:002011-10-20T12:30:26.079-04:00

Sorry for the recent hiatus, I promise I will be back in action later next month.  It's been a chaotic past few months (trips, weddings, interviews, and more) and I have some great news to share. I will be moving to New York City the beginning of November to start my new job as a reference and instruction librarian at Columbia University Medical Center!  So I just decided on an apartment after

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-54651505216064080542011-09-11T17:04:00.003-04:002011-09-11T17:15:57.331-04:00

My week/end, specifically Friday, was one of those days that you look back on and expect to wake up and realize it was all a dream and that real life couldn't possibly be that crazy!!  Alongside various family crises (death, flood, and a freak car accident), Friday literally started off with a bang that just didn't stop.  I honestly think I charged my cell phone 3 times from all the phone calls I

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-23191445578356298112011-09-07T16:51:00.005-04:002011-09-11T17:07:09.203-04:00

Just because this article hasn't gone viral enough yet..... One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring OFFSPRING, Ryan Kramer, of Pasadena, CA is the child of a donor By JACQUELINE MROZPublished: September 5, 2011 Cynthia Daily and her partner used a sperm donor to conceive a baby seven years ago, and they hoped that one day their son would get to know some of his half siblings — an extended family of

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-60403870257944729132011-09-05T16:59:00.003-04:002011-09-06T15:34:21.232-04:00

A recent discussion on PCVAI was about shared DNA, and how much is significant and what all those numbers actually mean.  I've also come across several discussions on various DNA message boards with similar questions and confusions.  So I figured I would reiterate some things here.  Some of this is my own meanderings.  Some of this is credited to various members of different forums and listservs.

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-59588387667085411002011-08-17T20:55:00.003-04:002011-08-17T21:05:10.347-04:00

I know I've blogged about this repeatedly this summer, but I'm going to once again sound like a broken record and return to discussing the Family Finder test through Family Tree DNA.  Because I am just that confident in its potential for donor conceived people. I promised I would do a post on matches a while ago, so here it is! FTDNA's Family Finder test can identify close and immediate

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-58915717106392326092011-07-25T14:54:00.002-04:002011-07-26T13:14:29.971-04:00

I am a failure of the infertility industry.  Why?  Because I was told I was donor-conceived.  The philosophy of ART invented by the infertility industry is one of secrecy.  Intending parents go to some infertility specialist and he "cures" them of their infertility and instructs them to go home, make love, and forget their visit to his office ever happened.   The problem with this philosophy is

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-14068496953865150802011-07-13T11:25:00.002-04:002011-07-13T13:57:39.540-04:00

I am excited to announce the creation of the first and only worldwide DNA project for donor-conceived adults and former/current donors through Family Tree DNA.   Project website: Donor Conceived DNA Project  The main goals of the project will be as follows:A central location for donor-conceived individuals to locate half-siblings A central location for former and current donors to locate their

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-9139837403056505602011-07-02T21:16:00.000-04:002011-07-02T21:16:27.445-04:00

From Bastardette: Yesterday was a celebratory day for the Adoptees Rights Movement.  Rhode Island became the 7th state to provide unrestricted access to Original Birth Certificates for ALL adoptees born in the state.  S478 Sub AA was signed into law yesterday at noon.  The law will go into effect on July 1, 2012. However, in the donor conception world equal rights are still decades behind. With

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-41283931036561118562011-06-23T13:54:00.010-04:002011-07-02T22:50:05.881-04:00

A slight oversight on my part, I realize that I never did the post that I initially wanted to do for my series on FTDNA's Family Finder test, and that is what information do you get from this test and what does it all mean? What is the Family Finder test? Family Finder (FF) is a product from Family Tree DNA that can identify genetic relatives both close and distant up to 5 generations.  The test

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-63921559254815672202011-06-16T15:36:00.014-04:002011-06-25T18:08:55.015-04:00

So in the latest installment of "Lindsay needs to get a life and to stop playing with her FF results" (aka my series on the Family Finder DNA test)... I want to provide some cool tools and programs I've discovered that are not only FREE but can give you even more insight into both your DNA and that of your biological father's. So this is my Top 10 list of tools, programs, and manipulations

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-41955690242417146682011-06-14T22:04:00.002-04:002011-07-02T22:45:11.078-04:00

Based on the small sample size of the current members of the brand new Donor Conceived Project at FTDNA [as of 10pm on 6/14/2011: 15 offspring, 1 donor, 12 Americans], it seems the stereotype of all those jewish medical students/residents/doctors being donors could be true.  Almost half (5) of the 12 American offspring have evidence/proof that their biological was, at least ethnically-speaking,

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-2438814470023148942011-06-09T15:12:00.004-04:002011-06-09T19:11:10.059-04:00

This is my latest installment of my collection of posts related to FTDNA's FamilyFinder test. I've received several questions over the past few weeks about doing autosomal DNA tests, and one of the most common is: Which test is better - FamilyFinder or 23andMe?? Unfortunately the answer is not that simple.  My honest advice is that doing both is likely your best option, though I understand the

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-41745085800389913092011-06-04T22:20:00.005-04:002011-06-10T14:54:26.556-04:00

I am very very excited to announce that my application for the creation of a special project for donor-conceived adults, former and current donors, and recipient parents on behalf of their underage donor-conceived children, was accepted this week by FamilyTree DNA!!! Family Tree DNA Projects - list of current surname and geographic projects in the FTDNA database for Y-STR, mtDNA, and Family

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-61654415186085849472011-05-25T21:18:00.003-04:002011-05-25T21:34:21.205-04:00

So before I lose power/wifi in yet another ridiculous midwestern storm (severe storm warnings, loads of lightening and hail, tornado watches issued...luckily the funnel clouds/tornados were all about 15 miles north --- at least for now), I wanted to quick update and say that my kit was received by FTDNA and I'm in batch #414.  My results are expected by 7/20/2011.  So until then, we wait.....

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-65190490977789316682011-05-23T21:05:00.005-04:002011-05-24T17:08:53.823-04:00

The poet George Harrison reminded us what a little determination can do when we set out mind to something. "I got my mind set on you, I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you, I got my mind set on you But it's gonna take money, a whole lotta spending money It's gonna take plenty of money, to do it right child It's gonna take time, a whole lotta precious time It's gonna take patience and

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-56453512512356792152011-05-19T21:15:00.005-04:002011-05-19T22:26:35.629-04:00

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/sperm-donor-anonymity-overturned-by-bc-court-2 The B.C. Supreme Court has struck down provincial legislation that protected the identity of sperm donors. The court also prohibited the future destruction of any records and ordered the province to draw up new legislation in line with the Charter of Rights. Lawyers for Olivia Pratten had argued that the existing

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-59146372509778608102011-05-18T14:41:00.000-04:002011-05-18T14:41:35.814-04:00

Humor Alert: The following list contains significant amounts of hyperbole, tongue-in-cheek, puns, irony, and sarcasm.  You don't know your ethnicity, so every holiday is yours to celebrate!!  St. Patty's Day - Check!  Christmas - Check!  Chanukah - Check!  Cinco de Mayo - Check! You get to legally/ethically answer "I don't know" for loads of very personal questions, that most people don't want

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-9323511039401455722011-05-15T19:25:00.003-04:002011-05-16T21:58:02.839-04:00

Thanks to the kind financial assistance of a very awesome donor conceived adult who wishes to remain anonymous, I am now able to submit my DNA to Family Tree DNA's Family Finder Test!!! Yesterday I received my test kit in the mail.  The kit contains three sterile scrapers, three vials with special solution that the scrapers are ejected into after swabbing, the release form, and a plastic bag and

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-22211311608892610832011-05-05T13:13:00.004-04:002011-05-17T15:33:50.618-04:00

So between advising two DC friends of mine who recently went through with FFDNA tests to help them identify their biological father, and reading on The Genetic Genealogist: Using Autosomal DNA Testing to Identify An Adoptee's Roots, I thought it would be a good time to reiterate this opportunity (albeit a pricey one). Family Tree DNA's Family Finder Test uses hundreds of thousands of locations

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-82672014331816632662011-05-03T20:30:00.005-04:002011-05-04T22:34:16.023-04:00

Last week I was contacted through Facebook by the daughter of a donor-conceived adult friend of mine, Alison Davenport, to inform me that Alison had passed away on April 20th at her home in Southampton, England.  Alison, who blogged her battle at Journey Into The Bubble, had a rare form of non-Hodkins lymphoma.  Alison learned of her conception in the midst of her struggle in the process of

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-43466111625789012302011-03-17T09:46:00.002-04:002011-03-17T10:12:16.361-04:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  After serious severe weather this winter, and torrential rains and river/lowland flooding the past couple weeks, I was so happy to wake up this morning to beautiful blue skies, sunshine, and what is expected to be 65 degree temperatures!!  Based on the large Irish population here in Northeast Ohio, I might just say this welcomed weather is thanks to the luck of the

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-29302744572735235692011-03-08T13:48:00.003-05:002011-03-08T13:53:48.725-05:00

So I know this is extremely late in posting, but nonetheless, it's something I wanted to touch upon, among other things that I will hopefully get to in the near future. Oprah's reunion Oprah Winfrey, in her final season of her show, has sought to blow to socks of viewers in more ways than one.  Whether it's a trip to Australia, shocking interviews or guests, or breaking personal news, Oprah

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-43953750856438539142011-01-25T22:06:00.003-05:002011-01-25T23:15:31.268-05:00

So I blogged earlier this month about Damian and I having some "technical difficulties" with the DNA database.  I'm going to do my best to explain the situation - and heck, maybe someone out there in the near-infinite WWW will see it and be able to give us some direction! Background: Damian and I started this DNA database project last fall after I was presented with the possibility of finding a

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-28039622217880254572011-01-14T22:16:00.004-05:002011-01-16T12:54:18.534-05:00

I've had this conversation on several occasions recently with friends, about how even when you are not trying to think of donor conception or being donor conceived, that it somehow slaps you in the face.  Either it randomly comes up in conversation, or a crude joke is made on a TV show or movie.  Which is why it is so hard to forget about, no matter how hard you try, and why so many of us suffer

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-52123312182694866522011-01-11T12:58:00.001-05:002011-01-11T13:06:01.567-05:00

Announcing "The Anonymous Us Project", First Ever Story-Collective for People Involved in Reproductive Technologies "Not all the kids are doing all right," says Alana S., founder and curator of AnonymousUs.org, "Anonymous Us is a place for all participants in the fertility industry to share their own truths in a way that retains dignity and privacy for our loved ones, while also sharing

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-27175593068251814102011-01-03T11:08:00.008-05:002011-01-04T13:17:42.323-05:00

So long 2010....Hello Twenty-Eleven!!  I am definitely not sad to see 2010 leave us and I am confident that 2011 will be much luckier.  This is the year that.......well, you'll just have to wait and see!  So many things are going in my life right now - both personally and in regards to donor conception.  It's like watching a movie, and I'm anxious to see how it ends!!  But of course, the end is

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-35610213249227344282010-12-08T13:59:00.000-05:002010-12-08T13:59:59.283-05:00

According to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, the purpose of the organization was to expose corruption within the government and among government officials and to provide a means for transparency in our government.  Now, I'm not going to get into what's going on in the news currently, you all have access to CNN's coverage and heck, maybe you've even sought after the supposed classified

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-5322920430150692992010-12-02T16:13:00.004-05:002010-12-03T12:02:54.889-05:00

"Believeland."  That's what Wright Thompson is calling us in his ESPN story - BELIEVELAND: A proud city forgets "The Player Who Left" and remembers what it used to be. I saw a link to this story from like 30 of my FB friends (all in a row on my news feed this afternoon), and my first impression was it was going to be another one of those articles that makes Cleveland and Clevelanders out to be

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-61677014862114800692010-11-19T13:52:00.005-05:002010-11-20T15:05:32.657-05:00

A discussion has been building this week in response to a post on Family Scholar blog last Friday.  The post was not the spark, new guest blogger Ralph was discussing him and his partner using a surrogate to have their young twins.  It was the comments below that sparked such heated debate that I had to blog about it.  Mainly because of a single person who posted.  Eleanor, a social worker and

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-11096599218762705062010-11-12T23:43:00.002-05:002010-11-13T09:17:05.185-05:00

So it's November again, and it's another November that I've found myself entirely too busy with my life (outside the DC community) to participate in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) -- November is National Blog Posting Month, where bloggers around the world attempt to blog once a day for 30 days.  However, in the spirit of the month I've decided to reinvent Cryokid with some major updates

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-35653852887792086922010-11-05T13:39:00.002-04:002010-11-10T17:11:49.460-05:00

Diane Allen posed a question the other day to many of us about terminology.  A friend of Diane's and supporter of donor conceived people asked her, in response to the recent article "Generation of cryokids crying out to know their dads" by Denise Ryan in the Vancouver Sun (10/28), about the term "cryokid", wondering where it came from because she believed it to be demeaning. Now, being that I am

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-51977723859230554242010-10-18T10:45:00.002-04:002010-10-18T11:49:31.597-04:00

Lately a hot topic among many of us adult offspring has been the "misconceptions" of donor conception.  Much of this discussion is stemming from the fact that donor conception has recently made it's debut into mainstream society.  In the 20th century donor conception was taboo.  It was not discussed, it was considered "bedroom talk", and the private business of the parents who sought these

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-23976992367956898432010-10-15T21:56:00.000-04:002010-10-15T21:56:18.507-04:00

A huge congratulations to Olivia Pratten this evening.....a judge ruled today at 5pm PDT that her case will not be dismissed and will continue on to trial!!! ******************* By: The Canadian Press Date: Friday Oct. 15, 2010 5:26 PM PT A 28-year-old woman conceived through sperm donation has won the right to proceed with a lawsuit aimed getting information about the donor. A B.C. Supreme

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-29194347589045140362010-10-07T12:35:00.006-04:002010-11-10T17:10:58.708-05:00

Introduction from Anonymous Us on Vimeo. ABOUT: The Anonymous Us Project is a safety zone for real and honest opinions about reproductive technologies and family fragmentation. We aim to share the experiences of voluntary and involuntary participants in these technologies, while preserving the dignity and privacy for story-tellers and their loved ones. The idea was inspired by PostSecret.com,

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-73087169134706885332010-09-27T15:47:00.008-04:002010-09-28T17:39:12.397-04:00

By popular demand, I am updating/re-evaluating an old post on the best research tools I've found to search for ones donor and half-siblings.  I've broken the list down into several categories: General (Donors/Half-siblings), Donor w/ non-identifying information, and Donor w/out non-identifying information.  For each category I have listed my favorite resources and how to use them/what you need (

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-61816504139980412512010-09-21T18:54:00.006-04:002010-09-29T11:08:08.370-04:00

For those of you anxiously awaiting the release of the Donor Offspring DNA Database....good news!!  The actual database is nearing completion.  John, our amazing donor-conceived CS professor, spent many many hours this summer putting together the framework that will be able to take the equations Damian and I determined and do the math for us. If you are new to reading Cryokid (or want a

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-12772628228199351412010-09-08T19:41:00.004-04:002010-09-08T19:57:10.671-04:00

Fairfax Cryobank (as well as CLI, which was bought out by Fairfax recently), one of the nation's largest sperm banks, has a nasty little secret.....they hate donors.  That's right, they hate them.   You see, most sperm banks today acknowledge that many donors who may have signed one of those elusive "confidentiality agreements" when they were 18 year old boys often change their minds and become

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-38577124198280272422010-08-31T00:00:00.004-04:002010-09-01T13:17:51.953-04:00

Many clinics are keeping vital information from their clients, information that is crucial for the offspring to connect with genetic relatives.  One of the most common is clinics that fail to disclose to their patients that the sperm did not in fact come from one of the hospital's residents or interns, or the university's medical student. Many patients, even well in to the 1990s were told their

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-51914065041883548522010-08-28T14:54:00.000-04:002010-11-09T16:41:42.652-05:00

Are the Kids Really All Right? The interests and rights of people conceived by donor sperm Psychology Today Published on August 27, 2010 By: Vardit Ravitsky and Joanna E. Scheib In the recently released film The Kids Are All Right, two siblings track down their sperm donor and introduce him to their lesbian mothers. What ensues is a plausible unfolding of events when genetically related

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-49304291672933085512010-08-19T19:00:00.002-04:002010-08-23T16:32:28.936-04:00

It's exciting that the summer of 2010 is turning into the summer of donor conception entering the mainstream.  Elizabeth's study was only the start.  With 3 (yes THREE) Hollywood films out this summer that deal with donor conception: "The Back-Up Plan", "The Kids Are Alright", and most recently, Jennifer Aniston's controversial "The Switch".......with all these movies and our plight hitting the

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-36588822523408496992010-08-15T13:49:00.005-04:002010-08-20T10:04:43.647-04:00

Wheee, I've been super busy the past few weeks.  Interviews left and right - David Crary's AP article "Sperm-donors' kids seek more rights, want end to anonymous sperm donation" was originally published on Thursday and hit the AP wire today - several other articles should be coming out in the next few weeks. I swear, as the saying goes, when it rains it pours!! I would like to clarify ONE thing

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-69881769416226257962010-07-20T13:16:00.003-04:002010-07-20T13:21:56.481-04:00

Responding to Eric Blyth and Wendy Kramer's critique of "My Daddy's Name is Donor" at BioNewsElizabeth Marquardt 07.20.2010, 11:47 AMFamilyScholars BlogA response to "My Daddy's Name is Donor: Read With Caution!" by Eric Blyth and Wendy Kramer, published by BioNews (U.K.), July 19, 2010By Elizabeth Marquardt, co-investigator, My Daddy's Name is DonorEric Blyth and Wendy Kramer respond to our

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-89987326042229341232010-07-05T10:56:00.005-04:002010-07-05T12:06:20.899-04:00

JUST RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.......Rose, Joanna (2009). A critical analysis of sperm donation practices : the personal and social effects of disrupting the unity of biological and social relatedness for the offspring. Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, Australia, [QUT Thesis].AbstractThis thesis critically analyses sperm donation practices from a child-centred perspective. It examines

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-37124201585130195832010-07-03T18:43:00.011-04:002010-07-08T22:31:52.016-04:00

The donor conception community has grown significantly these past few years, and it has moved from being primarily a community of recipient mommies to a community of adolescent, young and older adult donor-conceived offspring. This is a trend that I feel is going to continue as the children of the '90s and later, who were brought up without the secrecy of earlier generations, come of age.The

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-54314126956877296902010-07-01T20:14:00.007-04:002010-07-01T20:33:07.096-04:00

Being donor-conceived makes family relationships all the more complicated, especially as we move farther into the future. We must distinguish between our full-blooded siblings, our half-siblings we're raised with, our half-siblings from the same donor, our half-siblings raised by our donor, our dads, our fathers, our non-biological paternal relatives and our biological paternal relatives. And

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-6273246666906455702010-06-29T08:47:00.002-04:002010-06-29T08:55:21.020-04:00

Sperm banks at center of discussion about emotional effects on childrenPublished: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 6:00 AMAngela Townsend, The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer A report with a title "My Daddy's Name Is Donor: A New Study of Young Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation" is a sure attention-grabber. 
The Commission on Parenthood's Future, a New York-based think tank, released the report in May. 



Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-11330017000371537692010-06-20T23:33:00.001-04:002010-06-20T23:50:59.495-04:00

Father's Day is bittersweet for me, as it is for many donor conceived people. It's a day where our emotions are often torn between the subtle differences of two seemingly synonymous nouns.....dad and father. Society's understanding is that these two terms both identify the same individual, one is a formal while the other is a more intimate term. However, for donor-conceived offspring we have

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-62051615710384109142010-06-18T16:44:00.003-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.511-04:00

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Op-EdJune 18, 2010"Where is sperm donor 2035?"By David LappOn this Father’s Day, Lindsay Greenawalt, 25, is still searching for her biological father. “Are you xytex donor 2035?” she asks on her blog, “Confessions of a Cryokid.”Greenawalt was conceived with the help of an anonymous donor from the Georgia sperm bank Xytex. She knows donor 2035 was born on Feb. 12, 1961

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-8686999794684008262010-06-01T14:50:00.005-04:002010-06-01T15:53:45.298-04:00

Also released to the public yesterday (although I didn't want to overwhelm everyone with two studies in a single day!!), I cannot neglect yet another fantastic study done by a fellow donor-conceived adult AND library science student!! Amber Cushing is a doctoral student at UNC-Chapel Hill in Library and Information Science, and published her study on the searching experiences of donor-conceived

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-45349479846930445722010-05-31T13:51:00.005-04:002010-07-23T11:59:25.248-04:00

For those who do not want to read through this report (although I HIGHLY suggest it -- especially because yours truly is quoted several times throughout the study!!!), these 15 findings alongside the executive summary in the post below will provide you with the basic information discussed in the report.A more in-depth description and the statistics involved in each of these findings can be found

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-28501175013589055642010-05-31T13:20:00.007-04:002010-07-23T11:59:25.251-04:00

Today the Institute of American Values and Family Scholars released their breakthrough new study on donor conceived persons.My Daddy's Name is Donor: A New Study of Young Adults Conceived through Sperm DonationCo-Investigators: Elizabeth Marquardt, Norval Glenn, and Karen ClarkTo read the entire 140-page report: FamilyScholars.orgExecutive Summary:In 1884, a Philadelphia physician put his female

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-23293969023306308452010-05-22T22:57:00.004-04:002010-05-23T00:31:41.767-04:00

One of the most common searches that people find my blog through is siblingship DNA tests. In the past few months I have received MANY emails from adoptees and donor-conceived adults who have gone through a DNA test with a possible sibling - only to receive results they don't really understand. Some simply do not understand what their results mean. Others are confused as to why they are

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-43886747850148991352010-05-16T17:10:00.003-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.513-04:00

So I read on the AmFOR registry today of a woman seeking information regarding an incident almost 20 years ago involving her getting a hysterectomy and the doctor stealing the ovaries and selling them....at least that is what I am inferring from her post.While I do not have any proof or further information regarding this exact situation, it made me think of what could really be going on illegally

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-28594900871284520352010-05-08T23:31:00.007-04:002010-05-19T23:28:38.195-04:00

Good news!! I learned the other day that we may have found someone to help us create a database to store and compare donor-conceived offspring and donors for sibling and paternity matches! Even better is that he is another DC offspring...Adam, an Aussie offspring has a background in IT and programming and is interested in helping us devise a program that would enable registered users to upload

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-4926826493281778552010-04-23T23:04:00.003-04:002010-04-23T23:17:48.741-04:00

A relatively new blog (at least new to me) was pointed out to me today and I wanted to pass along the link.Connect It is the story of a 28 year old donor-conceived adult, who has known of her conception for 5 years. Conceived from Dr. Decker's office on Park Ave in NYC in the early 1980s, she talks about her thoughts, frustrations, and even the humor, that are a part of the lives of those of us

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-63811502859483600932010-04-11T21:42:00.004-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.515-04:00

Last month I was passed along this website, and my life has been so busy that I just now got a chance to take a look at it. This is definitely a keeper. For anyone who has already used yearbooks in their search, they know that looking through yearbooks is a great way to narrow down a search, and this new resource is fantastic for those who are not in the locale of either where their conception

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-9983384513661571562010-03-06T20:51:00.011-05:002010-10-09T21:45:19.518-04:00

Last week an article ran in Slate Magazine entitled "Are Sperm Donors Really Anonymous Anymore?" (never mind the gross number of factual errors throughout the entire article).While I liked that they ran a story about this, it is yet another slap in the face to many adult offspring who are trying to find their roots. The story focuses on a DI mommy that wanted to find the donor/biological father

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-21700646905949416602010-02-27T14:04:00.000-05:002010-11-09T16:42:51.536-05:00

Last week the Daily Mail reported on the story (Despair of the DNA 'sisters' - 22 Feb 2010) of the two donor-conceived women who had been matched as siblings by the UKDonorLink, a government-funded national volunteer donor offspring registry, but now the agency claims they are in fact NOT related. To sum up what was published:Keeley Hall of Perth, Western Australia and Elizabeth Howard of

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-71574713524942031262010-02-10T17:30:00.000-05:002010-02-10T20:37:38.743-05:00

Exactly two years ago today I found my donor number and was given a meager amount of information from Xytex about my biological father found in his application form. It was not much, but it was more than I had. And I was finally for the first time able to really grasp more of my own identity and search more effectively for my own family.***********************As I sit here writing, listening to

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-63046506917920984722010-02-05T21:00:00.004-05:002010-10-09T21:45:19.521-04:00

I omitted my own comments about Lauren's essay from the post last night because I felt that it was so beautifully written that I did not want to spoil it by plastering my own meanderings at the end. For some background, Lauren had written this essay to be published by VARTA (the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority) and found out earlier this week that they would not publish it on

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-62900466545015468892010-02-04T23:10:00.002-05:002010-10-09T21:45:19.524-04:00

By: Lauren Burns - Melbourne, Australia (Posted with permission)My name is Lauren and I am 26 years old. As a `grown up' donor conceived person I feel it is my responsibility to give some perspective about the long term effects of donor conception. We, the children created from assisted reproductive treatment, are the real experts, but we are not often given a forum to express our views. I hope I

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-89652057143112025372010-01-12T23:03:00.005-05:002010-01-12T23:36:38.137-05:00

Well, I lied....I promised my beloved [and hopefully still faithful] readers I'd be a better blogger in 2010, and look at it now, it's almost 2 weeks into the second decade of the 21st century and I haven't even had the time to post any holiday greetings!! So Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!!!I do hope this post finds you all happy, healthy, and of course sticking to those

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-49889610375982251622009-12-15T23:14:00.004-05:002009-12-15T23:24:18.273-05:00

So I took my final exam this afternoon and I've put the finishing touches on my practicum binder, and Lindsay is finally done with her masters degree!!! I technically graduate on Saturday, but I'm playing hookey instead of going to commencement!! Actually, my momma and I have our last run of the year as elves on the Polar Express, and it's the night all our friends and their children are coming

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-26329414493487577092009-12-01T20:06:00.007-05:002009-12-01T20:44:31.902-05:00

From Shawn Vandor's blog today:In April, 2009, a New York Federal judge ruled that sperm banks can be sued under product liability laws for failing to detect that a sperm donor has a genetic defect. The case clears the way for a 13 year-old retarded girl from PA. to sue New York-based IDANT[1] using sperm with a mutation known as “Fragile X”[2] which caused her to be born mentally retarded.So, if

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-63812468618820153982009-11-26T21:07:00.015-05:002009-11-28T00:00:19.204-05:00

On this day almost every American family gathers together to eat roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry jell-0, and of course pumpkin pie. It is also a time that most families spend reflecting on their lives and all that is good. Well, my extended family does the former, but very rarely do we actually make it to the latter. There were close to 20 of us at dinner this year, always

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-18679950494108963902009-11-23T10:02:00.004-05:002009-11-30T15:55:15.476-05:00

Update: It's been confirmed with Y-STR tests that Rob and Kevin are NOT siblings. If you think that you may be related to either of them, please contact me and I will connect you.*********************************The search for a sperm-donor fatherToronto StarNovember 22, 2009By: Megan Ogilvie, Health ReporterThe two young men have the same broad, sloping foreheads, straight brows and receding

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-82056928867020021162009-11-16T19:24:00.007-05:002010-05-27T23:25:47.822-04:00

With this new database on my mind, I thought I would blog more about these tests and what they can and cannot tell you --- since in the past 9 months I've been through 2, I've learned quite a bit more about these tests since I last really blogged about them (see "To test or not to test....DNA half-siblingship tests"). So after learning about the UKDonorLink and their system to NOT contact all

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-80367032260165299692009-11-11T23:57:00.012-05:002010-10-09T21:45:19.527-04:00

Exciting news today to report........Lindsay has found her first half-sibling!!!!!ANDDDDDDD......myself and Damian (Donated Generation) are starting a FREE database for donor conceived adults to submit their autosomal and/or Y-STR DNA tests to be scanned against everyone else in the database to search for potential siblings. Now, for many of you you're thinking isn't that what they're doing in

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-72369732669151903522009-10-21T10:41:00.003-04:002009-10-27T22:05:01.938-04:00

UPDATE:  I have downloaded the actual article from JAMA - it is currently only available to persons that have a subscription to the journal.  Please email me if you would like me to send you a copy.  Below is the abstract from JAMA's website:Implications of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Transmitted by Sperm DonationBarry J. Maron, MD; John R. Lesser, MD; Nelson B. Schiller, MD; Kevin M. Harris, MD;

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-37974129138107665892009-10-10T21:26:00.008-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.530-04:00

A DISGUSTING editorial out of the Boston Globe today calls for STRICT ANONYMITY for donors!  This just makes me sick........For sperm-bank era, courts need clearer rules - October 11, 2009"Supreme Judicial Court Justice James McHugh, addressing the case of a mother seeking the identity of a sperm donor in order to obtain child support and genetic information, was right to call upon the

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-58988485580563780492009-10-06T10:08:00.008-04:002009-10-18T15:58:20.669-04:00

In response to the article in yesterday's Boston Herald, "Jane Doe spells out daddy issues" over 200 people have commented on the article (as of this posting). For those not familiar with Jane Doe's litigation, she is a single mother of twin girls, conceived by Donor D237 of New England Cryogenic Center (NECC) in 2000. Her daughters were born with potentially fatal health concerns and have had

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-67343056351334557682009-10-04T12:21:00.004-04:002009-10-04T12:43:24.797-04:00

Shawn Vandor is 23-year-old donor-conceived man from Portland, Oregon.  His blog "It's Shawn Vandor's Blog Wow!" discusses donor conception, among other things.  He is a writer and a musician and a memoir of being donor conceived is in the works.His interest in bioethics provides an interesting and educated response to the issues of ART and donor conception.  One post in particular is "The Birth

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-91386877791360947352009-09-26T18:45:00.007-04:002009-10-04T12:58:58.483-04:00

A new blog from a UK donor conceived woman, Alison Davenport, called Journey into the Bubble, chronicles Alison's late-discovery of being donor conceived after learning she has "odd DNA" when she needed a bone marrow transplant.  Her story is both heartbreaking and intriguing as she speaks out for the cause of identifying donors, and of the danger of genetic disease and how it can be even more

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-42869527791161007522009-09-25T22:00:00.006-04:002009-09-26T19:28:21.686-04:00

Embedded video from CNN VideoOn my CNN reader this evening an article (Woman in embryo mix-up gives birth to baby boy) about the family from Sylvania, Ohio that had an IVF mixup and the wrong embryo was implanted into Carolyn Savage gave birth to a healthy baby boy today.  This baby has absolutely no genetic condition to either Carolyn or her husband.  Carolyn was, due to negligence of the clinic

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-11810502063269712272009-09-24T20:41:00.001-04:002009-09-26T19:50:09.055-04:00

I saw this on the TODAY show and now I hear that they did in fact find the second half-sister!!  This adoption reunion story is just too amazing to not post here.  Brothers worked together for several months before realizing they were brothers.  Their half-sister's fiance sees them on a local station in Maine, tells his fiancee that he saw her brothers and she goes to the furniture store they

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-42660512343759015672009-09-21T21:53:00.003-04:002009-09-21T22:24:28.932-04:00

Hello everyone!!  I'm terribly sorry for being so absent the past few months.  Life has been really hectic around here.....my last semester of graduate school is underway, I'm still nannying for my lil boy, and I have 3 other regular babysitting jobs (one on Wednesday evenings for 15 kids!!!!).  I've also been doing my practicum at CWRU's Cleveland Health Sciences Library, which has been going

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-53670448834035415552009-08-02T23:08:00.006-04:002009-08-02T23:21:45.390-04:00

Just realized it's August and I've been very bad and updating here!!  Not that my lack of posts should be excused, but between school and working now 3 JOBS I'm a very busy girl!!!Finished summer classes...thank god!!  Still working at the library....hours cut drastically, boo!!  Got a job as a nanny for a 3 month old baby....good pay, cute kid, tough job!!  AND I've started interning at Case

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-71015578826329262052009-07-01T10:02:00.009-04:002009-10-10T23:07:42.693-04:00

[Update: Oops!! This post accidentally got published without a title....so I've republished it]So after reading an interesting post on Jenna's "Chronicles of Munchkin Land" yesterday about how as a birthmother she doesn't fit in with the mommy-bloggers but rather finds a safer home with the adoptees themselves - I realized that as donor-conceived adults and former donors we are in much the same

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-56912524491510169462009-06-30T15:02:00.006-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.532-04:00

By now you have probably heard all the major media outlets advertising that your dad is not your biological father, and that your mom is not your biological mother.  I can only imagine how hard this must be, just days after your dad tragically died.I am so sorry that you had to find out the truth this way, it's a cruel thing to do to a child - hide the truth about your identity and let strangers

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-91448651300789722412009-06-29T16:38:00.003-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.535-04:00

Right now I'm taking two summer courses for grad school and I'm starting my own business doing genealogical research (send me a message if you would like more information!) so my major writing here has been put on the back-burner until mid-July.In the meantime, a donor-conceived friend of mine wrote this on her blog "Donorconceived" several days ago, I wanted to share it because it is such a

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-65942997006821453242009-06-26T08:51:00.008-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.538-04:00

Canadian Donor Conception Coalition Launches Website and Fundraising Campaign to Support First Ever LawsuitThursday, June 25th, 2009

URL: http://www.canadiandonoroffspring.ca/[6/26 - 11:30pm ~ The above link was fixed ---- sorry for any inconvenience!!]Today marks the start of an initiative to fundraise for the first ever lawsuit filed by sperm and egg donor offspring in Canada. The lawsuit was

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-23735466732176133432009-06-25T16:44:00.007-04:002009-06-25T17:11:11.612-04:00

Governor Ted Strickland wants to cut state funding to Ohio public libraries by 50%!!  With 70% of Ohio libraries relying SOLELY on state funding, many libraries will have to close, or drastically cut their hours and staff.  Please contact Governor Strickland (Tel: 614-466-3555 or 614-644-4357) and your local Representatives and State Senator about this appalling decision before July 1st!!********

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-84157276092172819322009-06-21T17:01:00.007-04:002009-06-21T19:05:09.697-04:00

Prickly City by Scott Stantis (June 21, 2009)Politically correct cartoon....in honor of "Donor of a Chromosome and Half the Genome Day"

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Check out Offspringgirl's blog.  A newly discovered donor-conceived adult talking about the journey to find her biological father.In an instant my life changed. Poof, just like that. All I had thought and known changed. This was the day I was told that my Dad was biologically not my Dad. Strange, or was it? Certainly there were differences I noticed growing up and even inquired about, but now in

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-83378479458497036982009-06-17T15:17:00.006-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.541-04:00

[Update 6/19/2009] Mike has moved his blog Donor 67 to his personal website:http://www.rumur.com/news/category/donor67/Please update any bookmarksDonor 67 (aka Michael Galinsky) has started a new blog.  Below is his first post from today....an op-ed he wrote about a film he is beginning to work on [he's a filmmaker].  About being a sperm donor, a father....both.  He is one a growing number of

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-51068154129592991602009-06-09T23:16:00.003-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.543-04:00

So a few months ago I received an email from a woman who wanted my input about the many different types of known donor arrangements rather than anonymous for same-sex couples.  I was so eager to hear her views and wanted to share to many alternatives for alternative families, that take into consideration the best interests of the child, as well as respecting the wants of same-sex couples to

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-54228843065261820252009-05-20T21:39:00.011-04:002009-05-20T22:44:02.220-04:00

Hi all,  done with the semester and just arrived home from NYC this evening....had a fantastic trip!!!  It was five days action packed days to say the least!  I feel like I now need a vacation from my vacation!  lol.So to sum up what I did in the city that never sleeps - EVERYTHING!!!  And 400 pictures later.....DAY 1 (Saturday): We left Ohio at 6:30am and arrived at Laguardia at 8am.  We took a

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Yesterday someone in Amherst, Massachusetts found my blog by searching Google for "how to ask your mother about your sperm donor father".  Whoever you are, PLEASE email me, I know how you are feeling and I would like to try to help you.  Discussing donor conception is not just difficult for parents wishing to disclose or even discuss it after disclosure.  For us offspring it is actually even more

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-67474663800010080962009-04-12T20:56:00.004-04:002010-10-09T21:45:19.546-04:00

When asked the question "Why do you want to know the identity of your donor?", twenty-five year old Lauren Burns from Melbourne, Australia responded with this:*****************************"Donating sperm is not equivalent to donating blood. It is used to create a person who inherits half of their genetic identity from the donor. In a sense the identity of the donor is information that also

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-25622740337335298912009-04-10T22:03:00.006-04:002009-04-10T22:58:45.742-04:00

My rattie Oreo passed away this evening at the ripe old age of nearly 3-1/2 (approximately 100 years old in human years!).  She lived such a good life, and while I'm sad to see her go, it was her time.  Despite chronic mammary tumors later in life and several abdominal infections (from ripping out the stitches), she was a trooper.  She outlived both her sister Skittles (about the same age), and

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-12965497941350488092009-03-23T11:02:00.004-04:002009-03-23T11:08:04.095-04:00

[Note from Lindsay: This is open to any adult donor offspring, regardless of where you live!]WHO AM I?WHO AM I? How do you define identity?  What role, if any, has genetics played in shaping the person you are today?We’re SEEKING DONOR OFFSPRING to participate in an international high end documentary series on Assisted Reproductive Technology and the link between biological and genetic history

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-37061821424566995232009-03-21T22:15:00.016-04:002009-03-22T20:58:27.542-04:00

In my genealogy class, one of our assignments is to create two brochures on genealogy topics of our choice to teach the class about these resources.  The two topics I chose were Ellis Island (because my great-grandparents arrived there in 1909 and 1912) and Genetic Genealogy (because of course I'm a genetics nerd, so I had to throw a plug to my favorite subject!).  So anyways, this afternoon I've

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-17606664563453446032009-03-19T23:33:00.004-04:002009-03-19T23:48:36.237-04:00

Wow, so I know I've been gone for quite a while, and I just want you all to know I'm still here!!  I had midterms the past two weeks, so I practically haven't seen the light of day (except for the past 3 GORGEOUS days here in Cleveland - gotta love that sunshine until it snows again!!!  And Opening Day for the Tribe is only a few weeks away, so y'all know we have to have our Opening Day blizzard.

Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120794007899168522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203799819583211238.post-38614813709336476742009-02-19T11:35:00.010-05:002009-02-19T21:38:25.907-05:00

[From Diane Allen of the Infertility Network]A man born of artificial insemination searches for his biological father - and takes a look at the brave new world to come. E1 ENTERTAINMENT’S BIO-DAD IS SET FOR CBC PREMIEREFebruary 26, 2009 at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC TV, http://www.cbc.ca/televisionCBC is proud to present BIO-DAD, an E1 TELEVISION documentary that follows the quest of Barry

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