In 2018, Michael B. Greene, PhD, was contacted by a woman who might be his biological daughter. He donated sperm in the 1970s as a graduate student in New York City and had signed an anonymity contract. With the rise of DNA tests, she and her sister hired a genealogist to track down Greene, which confirmed his paternity. Greene has since met 13 more of his biological children and hosted a party for them. Legal systems are evolving to allow donor-conceived children to locate their biological parents, and sperm banks are adapting to an “open identity” policy. There is a stigma around sperm donation, but organizations like The Donor Sibling Registry are working to change that. Donors are encouraged to be open to building relationships with their donor-conceived children.
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Sperm Donors May Not Be as Anonymous as They Think
