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DCP: The lived experience of having so many questions without answers or ‘unfinished loops’
Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 5 “The Adventure Continues”
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The emotional and ethical labour for DCP when they end up as a ‘gatekeeper’ to donor and half-sibling information
Listen to: You Look Like Me: Season 1, Episode 2 “Does She Look Like Me?” Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 4 “Not So Anonymous”
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Ethics in Donor Conception
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Kinship Loss
You Look Like Me: Season 1, Episode 3 “Memories Missed” The Instinctive Pain of Kinship Loss Kinship Loss – Almost Someone’s Sister
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Kinship Loss – Almost Someone’s sister
The fragile beauty and heart-stopping pain within Anonhi’s (formerly known as Antony Hegarty) 2005 album ‘I am a Bird Now’, is the closest way I can convey the deep emotion and feelings of loss I feel when I think about the possibility of being someone’s sister. I cannot listen to “Hope There’s Someone” and “You…
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The instinctive pain of kinship loss
‘Each person is part of a deep kinship system. Like an endless chain, the genetic code connects us with our ancestors and influences our life and destiny’ Families are more than just DNA. I know this, but the point I’m wanting to make here is that it’s not just about the ‘Donor’ in a donor…
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Epigenetic Inheritance
Epigenetic Inheritance is a scientific theory that Trauma is heritable and your ancestors pain may still be living within you. This inheritance occurs through epigenetic markers like DNA methylation and histone modifications, which can be passed down and influenced by environmental factors such as diet or stress, potentially leading to heritable traits or disease susceptibility.
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Guidance for direct to consumer ‘health’ tests
Considering buying a genetic health test? Information for donor conceived people There are lots of companies that sell genetic tests directly to the public. It is important that people think carefully before buying genetic tests in the UK, especially tests that claim to provide information about health. If you have questions about the results, you…
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Family Medical Questionnaire for a Donor
Please find below a prospective Family Health History Questionnaire for historic sperm, egg and embryo donors. This questionnaire is a template guide that you can adapt for your own purposes should you wish. Note that the questions in the questionnaire are the types of things that Donor Conceived people may want to know. Please note…
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Historical Donor Screening
Please remember that even for things that are screened for now, it is only screening. It is not designed to detect all carriers. For example, the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) screening will detect 90% of CF variants in white western European populations, in south Asian populations it is about 50%. It doesn’t matter how much screening…