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A member asked:

When egg/sperm comes from a donar then what is the identity of that child? i mean then we are not father and mother of the child.

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Tough question: When an egg and sperm come from a donor, it is true that the biological (genetic) parents are the people who produced the egg and sperm. But the couple who carries and delivers that baby - and raises it - are certainly that child's parents! parenting is much more than producing a child's genetic material. Good luck. Lgromkomd.

Dr Hickok agreed

Answered 1/28/2017

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