He wanted to contact his sperm donor, but the truth was devastating – 04/02/2019

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.

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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. .

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"Hi, I think your son could have been my daughter's donor, I've spent weeks thinking about contacting her or not, the last thing I'd like to do, is go too far or to put some harm at ease … Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that we are here and that we are open to contact, 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 said that it was not about her: "My daughter is a human being who lives, breathes and feels that she has not signed this contract"Everyone has the right to know the truth about their own DNA, her own background, loved ones, and medical history, "said Wendy Kramer, director of the donor's registry.

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

Danielle's complaint is about the loss of blisters: "They've literally kidnapped my babies, my future babies," she said. Northwest Cryobank stated that will return the 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.