Perspectives (Blog)

My Donor Conception Nightmare: Fertility Fraud Leads to Accidental Incest

When Victoria Hill took a commercial DNA test, she not only learned she was donor conceived but that her mother was the victim of fertility fraud. And that her high school boyfriend was her half brother.

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I’m a (Donor Conceived) Barbie girl, in a (Donor Conceived) Barbie world.

Commodification of donor conceived people is rampant in egg donor recruitment ads. One agency’s Barbie movie memes sparked outcry from the DCP community.

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My Journey of Discovery after Early Disclosure

I cannot remember a time in my life that I did not know I was donor conceived. I was raised by the most amazing single mother and never lacked anything, but I was constantly reminded I did not have a dad.

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Celebrating My Family as a Queer, Donor Conceived Recipient Parent

I was born in London to two mums who used an anonymous sperm donor to conceive me. I was raised knowing my conception story, as it was talked about casually, and all my questions were answered to their best ability as I grew up.

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Family Ties: How My Donor Conception Discovery Changed My Outlook as a Queer Recipient Parent

I’m sure I said, “It’s actually a ‘donor’ not a father.” I can remember my voice saying, “Our daughter doesn’t have a dad. She has two moms.” But much of that changed for me when I found out about my own donor conception experience.

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Incredulity, Anxiety, Yearning, and Other Emotions of Late Discovery

“I joke with people that my first thought was, ‘I’ve been diluted.’ And as humorous as it may be to joke that finding out I was half white contributed to a sense of identity or cultural ‘dilution,’ it simultaneously created an incomparable sadness that took years to deconstruct.”

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