Donor Sibling Registry
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501(c)(3) nonprofit | |
Industry | Charity |
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Founded | September 2000 |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Wendy Kramer, director and co-founder Ryan Kramer, co-founder |
Revenue | $288,616 USD (2018) |
The Donor Sibling Registry is a website and
Purpose and goals
The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) was founded in 2000 to assist individuals conceived as a result of sperm, egg or embryo donation who are seeking to make mutually desired contact with others with whom they share genetic ties. The DSR has pioneered an international discussion about the donor conception industry and the families, with its research, media appearances, speaking engagements, and interviews. The DSR advocates for the right to honesty and transparency for donor-conceived people, for social acceptance and legal rights, and values the diversity of all families.[citation needed]
History
The DSR began as a
Research
The DSR has conducted and published dozens of papers in peer-reviewed academic and legal journals.
Books and booklets
- DNA = Donors Not Anonymous
- Finding Our Families: A First-of-Its-Kind Book for Donor-conceived People and Their Families
- Your Family: A Donor Kid's Story
Matches
When a donor-conceived person, a parent of a donor-conceived person or a sperm or egg donor signs up to the Donor Sibling Registry, they are automatically filed under their respective facility/clinic/cryobank by their donor number. Matches and messages from potential matches can only be viewed for an annual membership fee. If only one person of a donor number is listed, the posting is white. When two or more people sign up under the same donor number, they are filed together as a "match". Matches can occur between half siblings (light yellow), sperm donors and their offspring (dark yellow), or egg donors and their offspring (also dark yellow).
Due to changes in technology and the introduction of the commercially available home DNA tests, the ability of Donor Sibling Registry to be an effective use of resources may be outdated.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Donor Sibling Registry Connects Families". NPR.org. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "A modern family: 20-plus sperm donor siblings find each other". NBC News. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "The donor detective: how one woman made it her mission to help donor-conceived children find their biological fathers – Prospect Magazine". Prospect. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Registry connects 17,000 people with sperm donors or half-siblings". KUSA.com. Retrieved January 25, 2021.