This is a story about my family. Not my parents and brother and his family in Western Australia, but my family in Sydney.
Back in August 2000, I met a wonderful woman when I started a new job. We were introduced by our mutual friend Sonja who said “you must look up Louisa – you will love her”. She was right. It wasn’t long before I met Louisa’s partner Kerri and we all quickly became great mates.
In 2005, after much debate, Louisa and Kerri decided that they wanted to have a child together. However, there was the small issue of a bloke and his necessary contribution. The girls weighed up the pros and cons of a sperm bank or a known donor, and eventually decided that someone they knew would be best. For two reasons – family medical history; and so that when any child asked “who’s my daddy”, they could point to someone and say “him”.
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Wonderful story about "Dash" and his "Gift children". Donor conceived families are created with partnered lesbians (like in this story), single women both straight and not straight and with hetro married couples. There are many web groups like 'Sperm Donation Australia' where women and donors meet to blend their DNA in children.