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@dlweerstra Thanks for commenting. Like your kids, I was conceived at a University Medical Center. The doctor died 2 years ago and he supposedly kept all the files and burned them 7 years ago with the onset of Alzheimer’s. I tested on 23andMe and found a 3rd to 4th cousin paternal match that led to me finding my father. I would be happy to…[Read more]

Hi Donna,

My daughter, now 27, and I have been searching for over 9 years. I only told her when she turned 18 but like you and others with older donor conceived children we were told to keep it a secret and with the sometimes insistance of our husbands we did. I always wanted her to know and told her the day after her birthday.
I would…[Read more]

I am the biological mother of a DC daughter and a son. At the time of AI my husband & I decided not to tell the children until later – never setting a time/date/year to tell them. Then my husband & I ended up getting divorced – in the process my husband told my son (21 at that time) who then told my daughter (23 yrs old then). At the time of…[Read more]