Random families :
Hertz, Rosanna,
Random families : genetic strangers, sperm donor siblings, and the creation of new kin / Rosanna Hertz and Margaret K. Nelson. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Previously issued in print:.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a work about unprecedented families - networks of strangers linked by genes, medical technology, and the human desire for affinity and identity. It chronicles the chain of choices that couples and single mothers make - how to conceive, how to place sperm donors in their family tree, and what to do when it suddenly becomes clear that there are children out there that share half their child's DNA.
Specialized.
9780190888305 (ebook) : No price
Families--United States.
Children of sperm donors--United States.
Parents--United States.
Kinship--United States.
HQ535 / .H465 2018
306.850973
Random families : genetic strangers, sperm donor siblings, and the creation of new kin / Rosanna Hertz and Margaret K. Nelson. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Previously issued in print:.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a work about unprecedented families - networks of strangers linked by genes, medical technology, and the human desire for affinity and identity. It chronicles the chain of choices that couples and single mothers make - how to conceive, how to place sperm donors in their family tree, and what to do when it suddenly becomes clear that there are children out there that share half their child's DNA.
Specialized.
9780190888305 (ebook) : No price
Families--United States.
Children of sperm donors--United States.
Parents--United States.
Kinship--United States.
HQ535 / .H465 2018
306.850973