Switched Before Birth: How a mislabeled vial upended my family’s world
Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”
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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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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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Untangling the Vine: The Perspective of a BIPOC DCP
Eric turned to DNA testing to learn more about his complicated family history but his results yielded more surprises than answers.
