What genetic information is available to donor conceived people?
Family history can be important to help determine the right health screenings—but what does it mean for someone who does not have information about all or any genetic relatives?
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=Ask a Therapist: Dealing with Unknown Donor Health History
A donor conceived person wonders how to deal with unknown donor health history.
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=Navigating the Holidays as a Donor Conceived Person
The holidays can be a joyful time full of connection and tradition, yet for donor conceived people (DCP), this season may also stir up complex feelings around family, identity, and belonging.
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=I was kept in the dark about being donor conceived. It left me blind as a parent.
When Edward Miles became a parent, he realized that his lack of information as a donor conceived person not only impacted him but now his own child as well.
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Ask a Therapist: Feeling Attracted to a Donor Conceived Sibling
A donor conceived person struggles with feeling attracted to a newly discovered sibling.
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Ask a Therapist: Telling a New Sibling Their Father Was Not the Donor
A donor conceived person wonders how to inform a new sibling that their father was not the donor and that the sibling is instead also donor conceived.
