He wanted to contact his sperm donor, but the truth was devastating

A mother looked for the biological and anonymous father of her daughter, but the result was not the one expected.

A single mother who became pregnant with a sperm bank wanted to know more about her biological father and her daughter's grandparents. She also tried to discover the genetic problems that this girl might have, but the result was devastating.

Danielle Teuscher underwent a private DNA test to find the miner's biological father and paid a heavy price. According to CBS News, Zoe, 5, is one of thousands of children conceived with sperm from an anonymous donor.

But to Zoe's recurring questions, her mother decided to set aside the anonymity of the donor and went to a private lab to perform a DNA test. There, with the final result, he would try to contact his daughter's parents.

It was so that they came to a result that allowed to meet Zoe's paternal grandmother. So, once he had the woman's data, he was encouraged to write to him directly.

"I said," I do not want to cross any limits, I just want you to know that we're here and that we're open to contact, if that's the case, "Teuscher said. .

"Hello, I think your son could have been the donor of my daughter.I have spent weeks thinking about contacting her or not.The last thing I would like to do is go beyond or I just wanted to tell you that we are here and that we are open to contact you with our best wishes, Danielle and Zoé. "

But not everything was there. He then received a letter from Northwest Cryobank, the sperm bank to which he had addressed himself. They advised him to stop contacting the donor's relatives and "to obtain more information about his identity, his background or his whereabouts".

The bank also said that customers such as Teuscher, "have agreed by contract not to seek identity independently or to attempt to communicate with these people".

However, the woman stated that it was not her: "My daughter is a human being who lives, breathes and feels not to have signed this contract". Everyone has the right to know the truth about their own DNA, their own background, their loved ones and their medical history, "said Wendy Kramer, director of the donor registry.

But the sperm bank was very difficult for what she interpreted as a breach of confidentiality: she had removed access to four more ampoules containing semen from the same donor that she had reserved for her daughter have biological brothers in the future.

Danielle's complaint is about the loss of blisters: "They've literally kidnapped my babies – for my future babies," he said. The Northwestern Cryobank said it would make money, but not the cells.

The debate was open: from the donor's point of view, not everyone wants to be anonymous. In the other place, there is a human being who has the right to know or know who his biological father is. (Clarin)