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Watch as a Woman Finds Out Her Fiance Has Fathered Over 74 Children

You’re engaged to the man of your dreams. Everything is going swimmingly, until a detail of his past is revealed. He’s been a sperm donor. Even if he’s only done it once, dozens or even hundreds of kids could be fathered by him.

That’s what happened with one woman. During the recent Style Network special “Sperm Donor,“ she found out just how many children her fiance had ”fathered.” You can watch her face as she gets the news about the shocking number — over 74:

This seems to be a growing problem, especially in the United States where use of donor sperm goes largely unregulated. Last month, The Blaze reported a case of one man fathering 150 children.

As part of Style Network’s Style Exposed, the above installment premiered Sept. 27, and documented a man named “Ben—a man who learns his donation has produced more than 74 children (with more on the way)—and two half-sisters from different parts of the country who are meeting face-to-face for the first time. With help from the Donor Sibling Registry, these individuals and more are searching, connecting and forging new definitions of family.”

Watch more from the show here.

[H/T Business Insider]

Comments (133)

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  • corbecket
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:05am

    Oh for goodness sake. You’ve never heard of sterile husbands? There are plenty of them, and you probably know a few that are fathers. Where might they get the necessary sperm to inseminate their wives? Neighbors? Vagrants? Acquaintances from church?

    Nah. The sperm bank is the best idea by far. Of course, there are wives that don’t produce eggs as well. That’s where the egg bank is handy. It’s slightly different in that the wife gets to carry the fertilized egg full term. Nice bonding technique, that.

    Genetically, the child would be no different than an adopted kid if both the egg and sperm were derived from genetic sources outside the marriage. Yes, there are kids that are not genetically related to either the male or female in the marriage, yet the child went full term in the wife that will raise that same child as her own. It is far more common than you think, and I know more than a few that have done this same thing. The vast majority of folks will never know the genetic parentage of these kids. Very few people have knowledge of this outside of the couple because frankly, it‘s no on else’s business. Most of the world’s population has difficulty dealing with what is basically a good thing.

    You really think that such a thing is “sad”? On the contrary, it is a blessing (unless, of course, you are Catholic or Muslim). They don’t seem to like it much either.

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    • theninthplanet
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:59am

      Artificial Insemination is immoral for the same reason that contraceptives are immoral. It takes God out of the relationship.

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    • Zer0
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:43am

      @TheNinthPlanet,

      And this is why the Evangelical movement is destroying the Conservative movement. Ridiculous statements like the one you have made. Perhaps blood transfusions are immoral too, by your logic one would be taking “God out of the equation”? God gave us intelligence, thus God gave us the means to treat illness, and give people the ability to produce children. There used to be other more “immoral” ways that women got inseminated, and these decisions were made privately between a man and his wife. I find it really difficult to convince my Progressive friends and family that not all Christians and Conservatives are nuts. Americans do not like overbearing government intrusion into their lives, but they do not want the church (or anyone else for that matter) in their bedrooms either.

      An anti-abortion stance I can understand, but an “anti-life” stance I just cannot fathom.

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    • 22
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:31am

      @0 I agree. People forget that God wants us to improve. He gave Us, not dogs and cats, the ability to do great things. Can we take it too far? Yes. I don’t believe in cloning, but helping people to have a loving family, that’s OK with me.

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    • quicker
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:33am

      The only thing I can see wrong with it,is they need to keep records better so half brother and half sister don`t inter breed.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:55am

      The only thing I see wrong, is they need a register. When this couple get married and have kids of their own, and they grow up, they have to worry about marrying a half sibling. We are not in the dark ages where people think it’s God punishing you for not having children. If you have the money, and want to get artificailly insiminated, go for it. What other option is there? Have his brother screw her to make a baby? Adopt a baby with possibly something really wrong with it? And don’t jump on me, I have a child with Down syndrome and autism that I love dearly, but he‘s mine and my husband’s, not adopted. If I were to adopt a child, I would adopt one with Down syndrome, but some people prefer not to.

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    • Wilma
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:22am

      My husband had a dorm mate in college who was born hearing impaired. He also had a drug problem. He earned spending cash by donating regularly to a sperm bank.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:59am

      @zero
      Well, I was going to post; but you said it better than I would have.

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    • javasport
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:58am

      Hey ninth,
      Ever think that it was invented to help god out? How about to help bring his chosen children to families who want them or maybe to counteract those who would abort them?
      I think you evangelicals need to spend more time worrying about your own salvation before you start telling us what god thinks. You seem to always be wrong at every turn. Maybe you should take the blinders off.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:53am

      Bid deal. Illegal mexicans still hold all the records

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:32am

      @9th Planet

      Good point, dude! Let’s get rid of all sperm banks in the name of the Lord! While we’re at it, we can also get rid of

      1. Hospitals
      2. Orphanages
      3. Police and fire departments
      4. Our military

      After all, these organizations interfere with the sovereign will of God, right? So if you or a family member get, say, cancer; I expect you not to resort to things like chemo or surgery in order to help solve your problem. You get prayer and nothing else.

      If your house catches on fire or your wife is raped – that’s right, prayer. Nothing else. If it happened, it was God’s will, after all. You shouldn’t interfere.

      Homeless orphans? God has a plan. We shouldn’t get in the way of that plan. Let God sort it out and get your nose out of His business.

      See how ridiculous this sounds? I hope you do. While science manages to produce many absolute horror-shows, it also produces a lot of beauty as well. The ability to allow people who wouldn’t otherwise have been able to produce offspring to have a child is awesome! In a world where abortions are such an epidemic, I would think that people like you would rejoice at the prospect of people using technology to do the exact opposite.

      I am a Christian, and people like you give all of us a bad name. It’s people like you who convince others that we are insane. Sad thing is, you prove them at least partially correct.

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    • Gamaliel
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:05am

      Zero and everyone who things this trivilialization of procreation is just fine – Watch this couple’s interactions closer. God’s ways are not our ways.

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    • theninthplanet
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:26am

      @Zero, Doctor
      That’s an impressive straw man you just knocked down. I hope it wasn’t too difficult?

      People ask why homosexuals shouldn’t be allowed to be married, why contraceptives are wrong, why abortion is wrong, why masturbation or premarital sex is wrong, and why extramarital affairs are wrong.
      The truth is that our sexuality is God’s gift, and every single one of those is a perversion of it.

      Also as any good Christian knows, God is supposed to be front and center in everything you do, which includes sex.
      But I suppose that may be too difficult for some people to understand.

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    • corbecket
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:38am

      @THENINTHPLANET

      I fear you are wrong on three counts. My Bible (KJV) says nothing about artificial insemination, or egg implantation. There’s the problem with having a religious sect make a “ruling” when the scripture doesn’t exist. Yes, it is determined to be immoral by some Christian sects, but other Christian sects have no rulings pro or con. Without specific scriptural preclusions, it becomes opinion, and lots of church groups have differing opinions. I guess that’s why God gave us brains, free will, and a soul.

      As to taking “God out of the relationship”. Did folks just “whomp up” a batch of eggs and sperm out in the woodshop over the lunch hour? Obviously not. God provided all of this before you were born, and bits and pieces of what you were entrusted with will be here long after you/we are gone, if we procreate. Like land, we don’t really own our genetic material. We simply have a very short term lease on it from our Creator. Without specific instructions in the Manual (Bible), we make our own judgements as to how we carry out this responsibility. Or we can listen to whatever our specific religious group tells us, and abide by their interpretation. It’s certainly simpler that way.

      Matter, life, sperm and eggs, they are intimately God’s. He is certainly not out of the mix, even if some choose to say that He is.

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    • robert
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:16pm

      Regarding artificial insemination, isn’t it wise to select on the basis of intelligence and looks?

      Who in Hell in her right mind would want to have this dork’s kid?

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    • GMAUEL
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:58pm

      The purpose of marriage is to connect biological parent to each other and to their biological children
      and perhaps more importantly to connect siblings to each other in a family setting. Siblings need
      to be raised together to prevent incest and inbreeding. Millions of years of evolution has ingrained
      the instinct against incest into our sociobiology. But if children don’t know who their siblings are, or
      even their first cousins and their siblings could number in the hundreds then, as a matter of science,
      this does not bode well for the human race.

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    • theninthplanet
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:14pm

      @Corbecket
      http://www.theologyofthebody.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=50
      See 2376 – 2378.

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    • libertynjustice4all
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:21pm

      @ zero

      get your facts straight before making ridiculous accusations. We evangelicals do not have a problem with contraceptives, that would be the false branch of Christianity called Catholicism.

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    • Zer0
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:28pm

      Good debate, enjoyed reading the back and forth on the topic.

      @TheNinthPlanet,

      You accuse me of creating a straw man, but I was only inquiring how far you wanted to apply that line of logic. I was always taught that the human intellect was a gift given to us by God to further improve our lives and existence. As one poster stated, can we carry it too far? Of course. Still, these are private decisions made by individuals and better left as such. The only straw man arguments I see are the ones suggesting I’m arguing for abortion, masturbation, or pre-marital/extra-marital sex. I think it is very pro-life stance to support multiple ways for people to reproduce.

      @LibertyNJustice4All,

      Catholics do not support contraceptives? Yes, you are correct but I believe you are posting on the wrong discussion board. The debate is whether or not it is a moral position to support ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (i.e. meaning impregnating women, thus having nothing to with contraceptives). I do not know if you do not understand the definition of contraceptives or artificial insemination, or if you did not read the article. At any rate, it appears to me that you do not have your facts straight.

      Peace be with you.

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:38pm

      @Zero
      Perhaps the ninth planet is smart enough to know that following God is a lot more important than the Conservative Party. Everyone has their own interpretation of what God‘s Word is and that doesn’t make them all stupid. Artificial insemination, while it it can be a very positive “moment” for some people does not make it right or wrong, that is God’s decision. Yes, God gave us the intelligence to many things, he also gave us the intelligence to sin so does that make sin right when someone does it? And yes, Americans do not like overbearing government intrusion into their lives nor churches to tell them what is right or wrong. However, God does and can tell us and if you don’t like the message then it does no good to tell God not to intrude in your life and it also does no good to just write it off by saying that it is the “church” saying it. When that happens God will say okay and leave you alone, BIG MISTAKE! Perhaps your biggest problem is not with convincing your friends and family that conservatives and Christians are nuts but the problem is in convincing them that you are progressive enough. It appears to me that you want conservative to think that you are conservative and you want progressive to think that you are progressive. I can tell you that trying to seek approval from everyone generally means that you don’t really get acceptance from anyone.

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    • PrByTor
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:11pm

      @ TheNinthPlanet….

      I find your comments about artificial insemination being immoral and that it takes G*d out of the relationship, to be absurd.

      My wife and I had be trying to get pregnant for years and the path that we were going down was to try the traditional way, then injections to help her eggs, in my terms, get kicked out of the basket. Then if that didn’t work, we were looking at artificial insemination, with my seed and her egg. So, how is that immoral?

      And as far as taking G*d out of the relationship, it was with His guidance that we were pursuing this. The day she was getting instruction on how to give herself injections to assist her in the egg department is the day she found out that she was pregnant. Not that I have to explain myself to you, but at 21 YEARS of marriage, G*d blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. And to show the world just how thankful to Him that allowed us to get pregnant, we named him “Jonathan” which means “Gift of G*d”. So, I agree with Zero (I believe) who said it’s people like you that give other Christians a bad name.

      As side note: I am using the Jewish way of referring to G*d with a * in place of the “o” as not to use His name in vain.

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    • JoshuaJC
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:16pm

      @9th Planet,
      God gave us free will, why would a god who’s only request is we love him be upset that we found ways to give life to those he already created. We are not creating souls, just the vessels that carry them. I think if you died because you left things solely up to god you may get to heaven to see god face palming and shaking his head at you.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:14pm

      Eww…

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    • mibble
      Posted on October 1, 2011 at 11:59pm

      @ Gamaliel Trivialization?! What are you talking about? How did you come up with that when blood transfusions, treating illnesses, etc are BLESSINGS that come from the knowledge the Lord has given us. My sister was never able to have children with her husband and I see this as miraculous. I do not take it lightly!

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  • asybot12
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:55am

    If any of you even call sperm donations as“fathering” a child there is more wrong on this planet than I thought. I have always been under the impression that “fathering” a child meant a commitment to the child and the mother (hopefully your wife) that lasted a bit longer than a medically induced pregnancy (As you know, like as you know, a lifetime of support,love and care etc !!!!!!)

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    • Zer0
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:14am

      @Asybot12,

      Amen to that…..I think the appropriate term would be ‘sired’.

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    • ThoreauHD
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:52am

      This term came about due to the generations of blacks on welfare collecting checks for knocking up their relatives.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:00am

      Absolutly, fathering comes after the child is home.

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    • PrByTor
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:18pm

      I think you’re confusing “Father” and “Dad.” In my mind, anyone with working male parts can be a “Father.“ It take caring for the child to be their ”dad.”

      This is just the way I look at it. My wife’s “Father” has never been a “Dad” to her.

      Cheers,

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    • cgizzy
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:19pm

      I agree with this. My biological dad abandoned me and I consider him a sperm doner, despite the fact that I would visit his parents every saturday growing up and then moved in with them when I was 15. I consider my grandfather (his father) the only real father that I’ve ever had. The term father and fathering definately come after birth.

      As it is, I dont know how I would feel marrying a man who donated to a sperm bank and truthfully, I probably wouldnt; but, then again, I’m also recognising that my thoughts are being colored and shaped by my own experience.

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  • 4stmichael
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:13am

    … how many years in how many courts will now ensue.
    Kids entitled to demand donor’s estate?
    Donors entitled to demand kids’ estate?
    Birth mother entitled to demand support from donor?
    If genetic defects surface is traced to the gamete the doctor used is there a law suit awaiting said doctor?
    Charles J. McFadden “Challenge To Morality” Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor,1978

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  • 4stmichael
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:13am

    … how many years of court battles will now ensue.

    Kids entitled to demand donor’s estate?
    Donors entitled to demand kids’ estate?
    Birth mother entitled to demand support from donor?
    If genetic defects surface is traced to the gamete the doctor used is there a law suit awaiting said doctor?
    Charles J. McFadden “Challenge To Morality” Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor,1978

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  • The46Percent2008
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:06am

    If the child was successful, classy, and smart….I’d connect with them.

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:53am

    which is why you NEVERRRRR donate sperm. cause you dont want some kid commin atcha in 18 yrs calling you daddy, all because you were broke and needed quick cash or worse cases where mothers sue the doner for child support and win… leykis 101 baby!

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    • 4stmichael
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:11am

      Batter Up! … how many years of court battles will now ensue.
      Kids entitled to demand donor’s estate?
      Donors entitled to demand kids’ estate?
      Birth mother entitled to demand support from donor?
      If genetic defects surface is traced to the gamete the doctor used is there a law suit awaiting said doctor?
      Charles J. McFadden “Challenge To Morality” Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor,1978

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:45am

    I‘m guessing that they don’t show the sperm receipients a picture of the donor……………

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    • Zer0
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:12am

      “I‘m guessing that they don’t show the sperm receipients a picture of the donor……………”

      Lmao!!! My thoughts exactly.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:03am

      It’s the pitcher they show the doner, that worries me.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:43am

    Finally, something that actually needs to regulated! You’d think that the Obama Administration would be thrilled. First of all, the donor sperm needs to be distributed in different geographical areas. This would lessen the chance of half sisters and brothers marrying. Records need to be kept to insure that if Mom “A” in one locality receives donor sperm from one particular donor, Mom “B” in the same locality, does not.

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  • Witness1974
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:37am

    The sperm bank–the only bank where you make a deposit and lose interest.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:46am

      Thats a good one!…lol

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    • asybot12
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:45am

      Thanks we need a bit of levity and just to add to that genetically we are so close to being a cow, pig or monkey, I am wondering if most donors aren’t liberals!

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  • Drive_it_like_u_stole_it
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:35am

    I can see the headlines now…. In light of recent events with over-active sperm donors, the US Department of Health and Human Services has banned turkey basters.

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    • Disc_Coastie
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:18pm

      Excellent… or this: Dept of Homeland Security has now determined that men can only fly if they have no sperm… and we WILL check!!

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  • goobert
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:30am

    99 bottles of beer on the wall take one down pass it around 98 bottles of beer….

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  • goobert
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:28am

    We don’t need to regulate this women need to just stop spreading there dam legs!

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  • the hawk
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:25am

    This is what happens when Man plays god………….sad
    And I bet there are plenty of fertile men for this lady……………
    I could not be a sperm donor , I like it better when the wet spot does’nt call me Daddy !

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  • Rob_M
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:18am

    I hope he’s a super athlete or someting.

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  • ConsChristian
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:16am

    I would say to him, “You are being dumb, you big dumb, stupid dummy dumb dumb.”

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  • lobo2525
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:15am

    Rarely I’m I speechless

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:44am

    This is just shocking and sad. Thank you Blaze for reporting it. I don’t think this shocking news would have been revealed on any other news media outlet! I have praise for this man who confessed he was a sperm donor and may have fathered more than 70 children, to his fiance’. I would not be marrying the man after that news. He’s not worthy.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:24am

      No ,
      Their more interesred in lesbians having babies than where the sperm comes from!

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  • tishe
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:39am

    Wow, oh wow!
    All the problems in this world and we are covering a, journalistic break thru? This dude is a dork! This woman is a dork!

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:31am

    OKay… so what happens if by chance this guys “fathered” son and daughter hookup unknowingly, have some kids and they all come out with birth defects or other health issues…. I thought sperm donors were a one shot kinda deal… ummm, wow that didn’t come out right! Seriously, I thought it meant that someone picked out that father, and got his one donation… I didn’t know they piece mealed it out and were dishing out pieces of it to all these woman, I would assume out of one location, so this means locally, this “father” has got kids all over his local town, city or neighborhood… messed up!!!

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:48am

      That problem might be why they are making a registery.

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  • randy
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:26am

    Is the Blaze turning into the Maury Povich show?

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    • Slayer
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:35am

      No, the Blaze likes to throw out some humorous and weird stories once in a while so that we don’t go crazy watching 24/7/365 as Obama and the Liberals ruin America.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:15am

      “You are…….. NOT the father!!”

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  • IARifleman
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:23am

    Benjamin Franklin : 17 admitted offspring… this is just another octomom story. stick to important stories, not ballyhoo.

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  • jetspeed76
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:21am

    The Blaze.com….Where to get real news…Thanks Blaze!!!

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  • WireWizard
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:20am

    Sperm does not a family make.

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    • Arlundee
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:34am

      Yes, because we’re all the lucky offspring of immaculate conception….

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:06am

    That would be alot of sussplainin to do .Now and later at least 74 times not counting his fiance.

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  • unbound1
    Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:06am

    Do they keep the sperm in the same area? That could be weird when they grow up to get married. I guess, the ages could be spread out though if they don’t use it all around the same time? HMMM.

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    • CatB
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:19am

      I think any person fathered with a sperm donor is going to need to have a DNA profile done before even dating … especially if the other person was also sperm donor .. but if this woman does marry this man … and they have children that would NOT be considered sperm donor … I guess really the men need to be DNA profiled so the chldren could be matched back to him .. what a MESS!

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    • the hawk
      Posted on September 29, 2011 at 12:25am

      This is what happens when Man plays god………………….sad
      And I bet there are plenty of fertile men for this lady……………
      I could not be a sperm donor , I like it better when the wet spot does’nt call me Daddy !

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