BIT320 Remix — adpotion

November 19, 2005

oh Matchmaker, oh make me a sibling

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I ran across a really interesting article at the Nytimes.com regarding children of sperm donors and their quest for finding their half-siblings. They are connecting through sites that allow them to insert their contact information, sperm donor number and sperm bank number. Such sites as Donor Sibling Registry.com. Mothers of children are talking with other mothers and older children are connecting with their sisters, brothers, and so on.

When I hear about these kinds of stories I am always amazed by the power of the internet and how it is able to connect people from all over the world easily, crossing things that even sometimes humans have a hard time doing. I think that’s why I love looking at pictures from different parts of the world because you can.

These children are able to find some sort of connection, if they want to. It also makes me think of the high number of children that are currently being adopted from a huge number of asian countries. They will be offered a better life but at the same time, they might feel like they are missing something and want to search back. And who knows, maybe one day they will be able to do the same thing?

Sidenote: I know its a bit different because there are more anounomity issues around real adoption. But doesn’t everyone have the right to know who and where they come from, doesn’t that just add another facet to who you are in the end?

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