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DNA and Online Search Finds Birth Parent
stuyman writes "NewScientist is reporting that anonymous sperm donation is not so anonymous anymore. An enterprising 15 year old tracked down his biological father, an anonymous sperm donor, using an online genealogy service and an online information service."
..an answer to the proverbial question, "Who's your daddy?"
I wonder now that Anonymous Sperm Donors can be tracked down, if Anonymous Cowards can also be tracked down?
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/04/ 212214&tid=133
"the baby they gave up because they couldn't raise her"
OMG, show a picture, ur a girl on tha intarweb!
-/Sorry for lowering the Slashdot discourse. You of course don't have to show a picture to prove your gender.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
...Imagine a beowulf cluster of anonymous sperm donors.
Y'know, I've been considering donating sperm, 'cause I fit a profile (I'm tall, pale and went to plenty of school). Where does one sign up to donate? Err, sell, rather. Beer money and all.
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
You know what would be creepier? Having the following conversation with the doctor from the fertility clinic and then noticing that he has the same nose as you...
Boy: Doctor, you told my mother that my father was an Astrophysics major at MIT and was born on July 16, 1968. But I tracked down the only man who fits that description and he's oriental which, as you can see, I am not.
Doctor: Uh, er, yes, I see... That is a problem, isn't it? There must have been some sort of mixup. Uh, what was your name again?
Boy: Luke.
Doctor: Well I suppose I have something I should tell you. And actually you might find this rather funny if you are a Star Wars fan. You see Luke...
A lot more apealing than giveing blood... Get paid to jack off? Just set up a nightly pick-up route in the freshman dormatories of any college!
Whats the deal with this, im young, tall, white, middle class, no major health conditions in my family history, 160 something IQ, enroled in college... I bet i could make some decent $. Need to buy an engagement ring, but wouldnt that be weird telling her how i got the money...
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Buran! I am your FATHER!!!
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit
Don't count on getting your skin grafts paid for on my medical insurance!
i am a soviet space shuttle
for hacker of the year. tres cool.
A case of too much Slashdot reading, methinks.
Stuck down a hole! In the middle of the night! With an owl!
How many people like me glanced quickly at that headline and saw "DNA and Online Search Finds Birth Patent"?
The scariest thing is if it really had said patent I wouldn't have found it that implausible.
No, your children are not the special ones. Nor are your pets.
OUCH! Now that comment has GOT to hurt.
Life is not for the lazy.
Maybe he spent the money to track down Osama Bin Laden and saved America from nuclear destruction. Think about that before you bad mouth sperm doners.