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Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait by faissaloo on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:01PM (#20309518)
Is anyone else concerned about a reduction in genetic diversity?
Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait by shagie on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:40PM (#20310031)
The donor is nowhere close to the impact that Genghis Kahn had on the Y chromosome. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180246/ - and that was in the 11th century with a total word population of about 400M.

A few dozen children from one father today, in a world with a population of 7.5B should not be any concern.

Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait by faissaloo on Saturday June 29, 2019 @07:03AM (#20311903)
Yeah but that was also an anomaly, which isn't the same as repeatedly decreasing genetic diversity over a number of generations.
Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait by NickNameNick on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:43PM (#20309758)
On a global scale, not at all.

Locally, given that some of them had already met each-other without knowing they were half-siblings. Maybe a little.

Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait by jccalhoun on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:07PM (#20310566)
There are over 7 billion people. I think we are ok.
Re:Sperm-Donor Siblings: A Family Portrait by faissaloo on Saturday June 29, 2019 @07:05AM (#20311906)
I don't think you really understand how quickly these things propagate.