Re:Reasons not to reveal your DNA
by opportune on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:29PM
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Case three doesn't have much to do with anonymity. Even a non-anonymous donation doesn't mean your parents would tell you about it while still a child
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They're more related than it might immediately appear - purposefully choosing an anonymous donor over an open ID donor is often correlated with shame and secrecy around infertility, whereas choosing an open ID donor signifies acceptance, empathy, and a lack of shame/secrecy.
A much higher % of people conceived with an open ID donor are told of their origins.