Gamete donation in the time of DNA surprises.

A number of online fora and registers have been established because many parents, donor-conceived people, and donors are faced with questions about how to be a donor family and wish to learn more about it or potentially connect with genetic relatives. Participants included representatives from public and private fertility clinics, gamete donors, parents to donor-conceived children, donor-conceived people, private sperm and egg banks, and researchers within the field. Donors' relatives may also face DNA surprises if the donor kept their donor status a secret. [Extracted from the article]