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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 28 2019, @03:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the technically-it-was-donated dept.

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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.


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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Username on Wednesday August 28 2019, @10:42PM (1 child)

    by Username (4557) on Wednesday August 28 2019, @10:42PM (#887015)

    Most of these women probably just had an affair with the doctor to get a doctor baby. They probably didn't want to get needles and tubes and what not jabbed into them and opted for a regular dose of doctor dick instead. It's the logical and easiest conclusion.

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  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Thursday August 29 2019, @01:33PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Thursday August 29 2019, @01:33PM (#887262) Journal
    Lucky doctors. Smart guys that are computer scientists or engineers will never have this kind of luck.