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 the AI there was no counseling done, very little advise given, very little information regarding the sperm donor, n medical history, not told what sperm bank was used. I didn’t realize how important all this information would be for my daughter & son. Now I am going to work diligently to try to find out any information I can to track down either the donor (or at least medical information on the donor) and possible DC siblings for my daughter (now 37) & son (now 35). I am very, very new at this. So…ANY help I can get from anyone would be greatly appreciated. 1st & foremost is how to go about getting DNA and where/how to get it posted on sites to find matches?
The only information I have is the Doc who did the AI (Dr Ralph Donald Eward in Grand Rapids MI), His office is closed, he is deceased and I don’t know if there are any records in existence from that time period. Everything was anonymous, I don’t record any digital record keeping at that time – think it was all paper files and who knows where they are if they haven’t been destroyed!
Any advise-guidance would be appreciated.
Donna
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