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We have a television production company interested in speaking with donor conveived people, parents and donors who are willing to tell their stories of searching and/or finding biological relatives. Please contact Wendy if interested. 


DSR in the News

The Donor Sibling Registry has been featured on a variety of news shows and covered in many print publications in the US as well as overseas. Here are some of the stories:

 

NEW!!! The Today Show 9/19/08: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/26788830#26788830

NEW!!! Six children, four mothers – and one father none of them has met. Meet the 'family' of Donor 66 The Daily Mail(PDF), 9/08

NEW!!! Lifeclass: should parents tell a donor child about their true origins? The Telegraph (PDF), 9/08

NEW!!! Donor Registry Allows IVF Conceived Children to Unite with Biological "Donor" Parents and Siblings Life Site News (PDF), 9/08

NEW!!! BBC Documentaries - The 66 Club (mp3) 9/08

 Der Vater Faz.net 8/08

Brisbane Donor Dad Reaches Out To Unknown Children  The Courier Mail, 7/27/08

 Internet connects "siblings" born from sperm donors NECN.COM 8/08

Health Watch: Donor Sibling Registry Fox 5 News NY/Atlanta, 7/28

7/08 Tell Donor Children Early In Life BBC News Coverage of our paper presented at the ASHRE meeting. See our "Research" page for a complete transcript of the talk given.

7/08 VOA (Voice of America) Mandarin Service.  "We are a radio broadcasing service funded by the federal government with a listening audience in the PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other parts of Asia." Will post link as soon as we receive it.

Donna Montalbano is "Speaking of Adoption" Radiop, 7/08 Listen at www.onworldwide.com . Click on "On @ Work".

The Ron and Don Radio Show, KIRO, Seattle, 6/08 http://710kiro.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=110

"My Dad Was A Sperm Donor" Cosmo Magazine, 7/08 (PDF)

'It's A Human Right To Know' Your Father London Free Press 6/11/08 (PDF)

You Can Take The Sperm Out Of The Man, But Can You Take The Man Out Of The Sperm? Huffington Post 6/9/08 (PDF)

A Sperm-Biz Overhaul Newsweek Magazine, 6/2/08 (PDF)

Der Speigel (German) (English), 5/26/08 (PDF)

Website Connecting Children Of Sperm Donors , ksl TV, 5/26/08 (PDF)

Autistic Children Linked To Same Sperm Donor CNN, 4/08 (PDF)

When Anonymous Egg Donors Have Genetc Diseases ABC News, 3/08 (PDF)

ABC's "Talk To The Founder of the Donor Sibling Registry", ABC News Website, 3/08

Registry Connects Children With Genetic Siblings Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3/08 (PDF)

When A Disease Is Donated, Chicago Tribune, 3/08 (PDF)

The Children of Donor X O Magazine, 4/08 (PDF)

Woman on Biological Quest to Find Father Fox News, 3/08 (PDF)

Houston Women Use MySpace to Reunite Families Fox News (PDF)

Don't Bank On NYC's Bad Seed  NY Post, 2/08 (PDF)

WOR Radio- Joan Hamburg Show, 2/08. Podcasted at www.wor710.com

Oprah, 2/8/08: http://www2.oprah.com/relationships/slide/20080208/rel_20080208_119.jhtml

Siblings From Same 'dad' Find Eachother Seattle Post-Intelligencer (PDF)

Law and Order Blog (PDF)

 Mother, Daughters search for Annonymous Father Eagle Tribune (from 2007)

Children Cheated of an Identity London Times, 1/08

The baby-making market Chicago Tribune, 1/08

Registry May Track Sperm, Egg Donors LA Times,  1/08

All My Children (PDF) 1/08, GQ Magazine

Swiss Public Radio DRS 2 in Basel.  (In German)   

Daddy's Been A Busy Boy (PDF) Toronto Globe and Mail

Regulation or Free Markets? (PDF) ScienceProgress.org

Brave New Family (PDF) CBC Radio

Sometimes, it's hush-hush over donor eggs (PDF) The OC Register

The Morning Show with Mike and Julliet

 Irish Radio Interview

 "Who's The Daddy?" New Scientist Magazine

 "Who's Your Donor?" Toronto Globe and Mail

 "The Name Behind The Number" ABC Primetime

 "Donated Egg, Sperm Creat Complex Relationships" Seattle Times

"Father of 26 Living Children" La Presse, Quebec" Pt1 Pt2 Pt3 Partial English Translation

 "What Is A Father: The Genetic Parent" MSN and Best Life Magazine

"New Generation of Kids asks 'Where Did I Come From?'" Centre Daily

"Family Ties - Part 1" KOLR (CBS Affiliate)

 "Meet Sperm Donor No 150, Your Daddy" London Times

 "Sperm Donor Father Ends His Anonymity" The New York Times

 "Sperm For Sale" Forbes Magazine

"Needs of sperm donors, offspring at odds"  Star Tribune

'Donor Siblings' Taking Advantage of Chance to Meet Pittsburg Tribune-Review

"Los Angeles Fox 11 News Special: Facing Infertility"

 "Sperm Donation: The Lowdown, The Debate" MTV News

"sperm Donation: The Lowdown, The Debate" MTV TEXT ARTICLE (PDF)

Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Frei-Dosszié, Hungarian Press

 Web Site Helps Children Conceived Through Sperm Banks Find Their Siblings   South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The Daily Telegraph - Suffer the little children

Los Angeles KNX1070 CBS Radio  (Requires QuickTime)
              Part 1        Part 2 

Argus Leader:  Donor 1047 leaves legacy – and mystery

Argus Leader: Web site offers chance to meet and gain insight

"Pieces of the DNA Puzzle" - Eau Claire Leader-Telegram (PDF)

PBS Religion and Ethics: Sperm Donor Ethics Story

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour

CBS-13 Sacramento

CBS News/Health - "Mothers Who Used Same Sperm Donor Meet"

Boulder County Business Report - Please note: Ryan has not met nine half siblings. The reporter was a little confused!

KCFR Interview (Colorado Public Radio) - Requires Windows Media Player

Geraldo at Large Story

Geraldo at Large Video Story

ABC News

Columbus Dispatch

60 Minutes

BBC World Service (Not Available)

London Times

Washington Post

ABC News Boston

US News and World Report

Catholic Online

The Guardian (UK)

Tulsa World (Not Available)

Montreal Gazette

New York Times

Washington Post

9 News Denver (Video Link)

9 News Denver

New Scientist

Augusta Chronicle

Star Tribune

Washington Post

GlobeAndMail.com

Chicago Tribune

Toronto Star

CBS Early Show

Denver Post 11/28/04 - "Boy Wonder"

Denver Post 12/06/04 (Not Available)

Fox News

KUSA Denver

ABC News (Not Available)

Oprah

CBS Evening News

Slate

ABC World News (Not Available)

The Ottawa Citizen

The Mountain Ear Newspaper (Story #1)


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