Donor-Linked Families in the Digital Age

DONOR-CONCEIVED FAMILIES: RELATEDNESS AND REGULATION in THE DIGITAL AGE Fiona Kelly AND Deborah Dempsey; PART I. 'DIY' DONOR LINKING: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS: 1. ACCESSING ORIGINS INFORMATION: THE IMPLICATIONS OF DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING FOR DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE AND FORMAL REGULATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Damian Adams, Marilyn Crawshaw, Leah Gilman and Lucy Frith; 2. RECIPIENT PARENTS USING DO-IT-YOURSELF METHODS TO MAKE EARLY CONTACT WITH DONOR RELATIVES: IS THERE STILL A PLACE FOR LAW? Fiona Kelly; 3. DONOR-LINKED FAMILIES CONNECTING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: CREEPING AND CONTACT ON FACEBOOK Adrienne Byrt and Deborah Dempsey; 4. THE CONTACT EXPECTATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN SPERM DONORS WHO CONNECT WITH RECIPIENTS VIA ONLINE PLATFORMS Cal Volks and Fiona Kelly; 5. PARENTS' AND OFFSPRINGS' EXPERIENCE OF INSEMINATION FRAUD: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Sabrina Zeghiche, Isabel Côté, Marie-Christine Williams-Plouffe, and Renée-Pierre Trottier Cyr; PART II. CHILDREN'S AND ADULTS' LIVED EXPERIENCES IN DIVERSE DONOR-LINKED FAMILIES; 6. THE IMPORTANCE OF DONOR SIBLINGS TO TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: WHO ARE WE TO ONE ANOTHER? Rosanna Hertz; 7. THE EXPERIENCES OF DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE MAKING CONTACT WITH SAME-DONOR OFFSPRING THROUGH FIOM'S GROUP MEETINGS Astrid Indekeu and A.Janneke. B.M Maas; 8. 'IT'S ALL ON THEIR TERMS': DONORS NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RECIPIENT FAMILIES IN AN AGE OF OPENNESS Leah Gilman and Petra Nordqvist; 9. ON FAMILIAL HAUNTING: DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES OF LIVING WITH ANONYMITY AND ABSENCE Giselle Newton; 10. ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND MAKING KIN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MA¿ORI AND PA¿KEHA¿ IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Rhonda M. Shaw; 11. 'SPUNKLES', DONORS, AND FATHERS: MEN, TRANS/MASCULINE, AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE'S ACCOUNTS OF SPERM DONORS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO CHILDREN Damien W. Riggs, Sally Hines, Ruth Pearce, Carla A. Pfeffer and Francis Ray White; PART III. INSTITUTIONALISED RESISTANCE TO OPENNESS; 12. KNOWING ORIGINS Naomi Cahn; Opposition to