Tag: late discovery

Ask a Therapist: Dealing with Child’s Deep Distress after Adulthood Disclosure

A recipient parent seeks advice and resources to address her daughter's deep distress from the late disclosure of being donor conceived.

July 16, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, late disclosure, mental health

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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."

April 24, 2023egg donation, BIPOC, culture, disclosure, ethnicity, featured, genetic identity, grief, guest post, known donor, late disclosure, offspring, siblings, views

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