They denounced the fact that the former director of a Dutch sperm bank had at least 49 biological children.

Deceased in 2017, the former director of a sperm bank in the Netherlands 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, a doctor and former director of a sperm bank in Barendrecht, South West Holland, Suspected of having used his own sperm several times instead of that of the chosen donors.

The results of a series of badyzes of DNA samples made Friday morning in a Niimegue hospital "showed that 49 children in this case are direct descendants" of Karbaat.the organization Defense for Children said in a statement.

"The results confirm the serious suspicions thats Karbaat used his own sperm in his clinic ", he added.

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

Jan Karbaat, former director of this clinic near Rotterdam, he badured before dying in early April that he was the biological father of 60 children of the time when he was working at the clinicwhich closed in 2009 due to administrative irregularities.

Karbaat would have falsified data and descriptions of sperm donors, and exceeded the agreed maximum of six children per donor.

The group of presumed children of Karbaat and their families sued for the doctor's DNA profile.

The lawyers for the Karbaat family had argued that The right to privacy of their clients should be respected.

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

"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, In February, Eric Lever told the Dutch newspaper NRC "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 had explained.

according to Defense for children is likely to Jan Karbaat being the biological father of more than 49 children revealed on Friday, reported the Dutch press agency ANP.