With anonymous donor programs and adoptions, children don't always have detailed information about where they came from. I read an article the other day where a brother and sister were about to get married and the records turned up that they were brother and sister so they ended up not getting married. It makes sense that people who are related to each other but don't know it, might become romantically attracted to one another. Here's another person who has a connection to you that no one else in your family does. Isn't that kind of what love is all about?
There's a website http://donorsiblingregistry.com/ that allows people with anonymous genetic ties to connect with each other. The Internet has definitely changed how well the rules on anonymity and adoption can be upheld, but should they be upheld? With genetic testing and so much more information about what diseases are passed on genetically, is it right for the information to be protected to that level? According to the article Multiple Single Moms, One Nameless Donor providing more and more information is becoming part of the deal.
How will technology impact the future of adoption and donation? I wrote in an earlier post about DNA Evidence, the ability to leave behind a DNA sample after death. Could a DNA sample be included as part of an adoption or donation in the future so that twenty or thirty years from now, the child would have access to valuable data?
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