Jan Karbaat, the doctor who used his own sperm for insemination and had 49 children – 04/12/2019

The former director of a sperm bank in the Netherlands, deceased in 2017, is the biological father of 49 children born to in vitro fertilization, Friday announced an organization that represents parents and children at the center of this case.

Jan Karbaat, doctor and former director of a sperm bank located in Barendrecht, in the south-west of the European country, is suspected of having used his own sperm many times instead of the chosen donors.

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The results of a series of badyzes of DNA samples made Friday morning in a hospital in Nimegue (southwest) showed that 49 children in this case are direct descendants " from Karbaat, the organization Defense for Children said in a statement. "The results confirm serious suspicions that Karbaat used his own sperm in his clinic, "he added.

The 49 cases are added to 22 other biological children that the professional had with his three wives, making him the father of at least 71 Dutch among the hundreds of people born by artificial insemination who claim that justice allows them to undergo the DNA test.

The turmoil around this case escalated in February when a Dutch court ruled that Karbaat's DNA samples should be made available to parents and their children so that they can be used. they can make comparisons.

Before dying, the director of this clinic located near Rotterdam (west)He said that he was the biological father of 60 children from the moment I worked at the clinic, which closed in 2009 due to administrative irregularities. Karbaat allegedly falsified data and descriptions of sperm donors and exceeded the agreed maximum of six children per donor.

However, the doctor has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing to verify suspicion and has qualified the complainants for "mothers dissatisfied with the result " d & # 39; insemination.

The group of alleged children of the doctor and their families filed a lawsuit to obtain the DNA profile of the doctor. Lawyers for the Karbaat family said that customers' right to privacy must be respected.

The judges' decision to authorize a paternity test "placed the children's right in front of the Karbaat and his family," said Iara de Witte, an adviser to the Defense for Children organization.

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"Now, after years of uncertainty, the plaintiffs can close this chapter and begin to understand the fact that they are one of the many descendants of Karbaat," he said.

One of the children, Eric Lever, told the Dutch newspaper NRC in February "do not be mad at Karbaat". "I do not have the impression of fooling my mother, I really wanted a child and I could not have my father," he explained.

For her part, the widow of the former director of the clinic has always denied any responsibility and, during an interview in 2016, Karbaat said to have mixed the sperm of several donors, which increased the chances that the patient becomes pregnant.

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