Author:
Hertz, Rosanna, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:Introduction : unprecedented relationships -- Part I. Making sense of the donor and donor siblings -- Choosing donors -- Inventing the donor/inventing the self -- Parents make contact with genetic strangers -- The surprise of donor siblings -- Part II. Five features networks of donor siblings -- Michael's clan : the arrival of the father -- The 7008 builders : we are family -- The tourists : just related strangers -- Connected soul mates : emotional ties -- The social capitalists : joining the preschoolers group -- Donor sibling networks : continuity and change -- Conclusion : choice in donor sibling networks.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.
Note:The world of sperm banks and egg donors has given rise to an entirely new form of family. Children of the same donor and their families, with the help of social media and the internet, can now locate each other and make contact. Based on over 350 interviews with children and parents, Rosanna Hertz and Margaret Nelson share the remarkable relationships woven from tenuous bits of information and transforms them into a highly readable analysis of life at theintersection of reproductive technology, social media, and the human desire for intimacy and identity.
