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Hello, my name is Ian. I am the biological father of nine children. Two of my offspring live with me and seven I have never met.

Professor Daniel Roos, shares his experience as sperm donor who was contacted by his donor offspring as a result of DNA detective work at VARTA's 2019 seminar, The Genie is out of the bottle: DNA testing and the end of donor anonymity.

Rose Overberg, a donor-conceived woman shares her experience of locating her donor via DNA testing at VARTA's 2019 seminar, The Genie is out of the bottle: DNA testing and the end of donor anonymity.

Searching for C11, a two part ABC Australian Story special, is about the ardous search to discover the identity of Lauren Burns' donor father - a man she know only as 'C11'.

Searching for C11, a two part ABC Australian Story special, is about the ardous search to discover the identity of Lauren Burns' donor father - a man she know only as 'C11'.

Anna discussing using a sperm donor to conceive her son Alexander and discusses the challenges as a single parent. In part two, Anna talks about how she and Alexander talk about his donor conception. Kindly funded by: Victoria Law Foundation

Listen to interview: Sperm donor linking - Richard Aedy, Radio National VARTA CEO Louise Johnson and Riley Knight, a donor-conceived person, spoke to Richard Aedy from Radio National's 'Life Matters' about the issue of donor-conceived people having access to informtion abut their donor. Riley also talked abou what it was like to meet his donor, Roger Clarke. You can download the podcast of Riley and Roger talking about meeting and subsequent friendship.

Listen to this interview with Adrian, a sperm donor for single mother, Dianne. “When we were approached by the registry to make potential contact by the donor family it was a difficult decision. It was just that we had to consider how we would link and the possibility surrounding meeting the donor family into our lives at that given time.” Adrian decided he would give consent to release information about himself and he is glad he did.

Following are extracts from 'Sperm Donor Anonymous' an ABC documentary about the effects of anonymous sperm donation on donor-conceived children, their families and on the sperm donors themselves.

Dinah talks about sharing information with family and colleagues. Dinah and Ben's IVF treatment lasted four years until Dinah finally gave birth to their daughter Tallulah in 2010. In listening to this podcast series please bear in mind that Dinah and Ben's experience is not universal, it is their story. This podcast series is not intended to replace or replicate medical advice.