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Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm. The Doctors Used Their Own.
Scores of people born through artificial insemination have learned from DNA tests that their biological fathers were the doctors who performed the procedure.
Growing up in Nacogdoches, Tex., Eve Wiley learned at age 16 that she had been conceived through artificial insemination with donor sperm.
Her mother, Margo Williams, now 65, had sought help from Dr. Kim McMorries, telling him that her husband was infertile. She asked the doctor to locate a sperm donor. He told Mrs. Williams that he had found one through a sperm bank in California.
Mrs. Williams gave birth to a daughter, Eve. Now 32, Ms. Wiley is a stay-at-home mother in Dallas. In 2017 and 2018, like tens of millions of Americans, she took consumer DNA tests.
The results? Her biological father was not a sperm donor in California, as she had been told — Dr. McMorries was. The news left Ms. Wiley reeling.
"You build your whole life on your genetic identity, and that's the foundation," Ms. Wiley said. "But when those bottom bricks have been removed or altered, it can be devastating."
Through his attorney and the staff at his office, Dr. McMorries declined to comment.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by donkeyhotay on Wednesday August 28 2019, @03:38PM (11 children)
'..."You build your whole life on your genetic identity, and that's the foundation," Ms. Wiley said. "But when those bottom bricks have been removed or altered, it can be devastating...."'
"Devastating"? Surprising, perhaps, but "devastating"? Quit yer bullshit.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday August 28 2019, @03:40PM (3 children)
Did the infertile husband shake hands with the sperm doctor at any point in time? That could be a little devastating.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @07:22PM (2 children)
Especially if doctor sperm-in-a-cup didn't wash his hands after fulfilling his biological duty.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @08:18PM (1 child)
Got news for you, buddy: that could apply to ANY MAN you have ever skaken hands with...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 29 2019, @02:13PM
Huh? You're supposed to wash your hands?
(Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday August 28 2019, @05:26PM (3 children)
Perhaps her mother simply had a "relationships" with the doctor. Looks way more probable to me than some scheme that could go bust at any moment.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by barbara hudson on Wednesday August 28 2019, @11:08PM (2 children)
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday August 28 2019, @11:23PM (1 child)
Typically, American doctors are not that stupid. The more likely scenario was that the husband abused his wife for not having children, she had an affair with her doctor, and got herself pregnant. Then they covered it up with artificial thing.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by barbara hudson on Thursday August 29 2019, @01:17AM
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 28 2019, @07:24PM
She was surprised by the "chaChing" sound going off in her head.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by evilcam on Thursday August 29 2019, @03:16AM (1 child)
If someone tells you they're feeling pain/distress/emotions I think it's unreasonable to tell them they aren't.
Consider: If you found out that your parents weren't actually your parents (e.g. you were adopted, your mother had cheated on your father, etc.) would that be a blow to your psyche? If not, great! good for you, you're an exceptionally resilient individual IMO; but it doesn't mean that it can't be devastating for someone else.
This study [aifs.gov.au] by the Australian Government identified that "most participants identified issues relating to problems with attachment, identity, abandonment and the parenting of their own children" for adopted persons surveyed and goes on to list some of the contributing factors.
(Score: 2) by donkeyhotay on Friday August 30 2019, @01:59PM
I disagree. I think it is perfectly reasonable to be skeptical when money is involved.