Random Families : Genetic Strangers, Sperm Donor Siblings, and the Creation of New Kin Paperback / softback
by Rosanna (Classes of 1919-1950 Reunion Professor, Classes of 1919-1950 Reunion Professor, Well Hertz, Margaret K. (Hepburn Professor of Sociology, Hepburn Professor of Sociology, Middlebury Coll Nelson
Paperback / softback
Description
Random Families is about the unprecedented families that have grown up at the intersection of new reproductive technologies, social media, and the human desire for belonging.
Children of the same donor and their families, with the help of the internet, can now locate each other and make contact.
Based on over 350 interviews with children (ages 10-28), their parents and related donors from all over the U.S., Random Families chronicles the chain of choices that couples and single mothers make from what donor to use to how to participate (or not) in donor sibling networks.
Children reveal their understanding of a donor, the donor's spot on the family tree and the meaning of their donor siblings.
Through rich first-person accounts of network membership, the book illustrates how these extraordinary relationships-woven from bits of online information and shared genetic ties-are transformed into new possibilities for kinship.
Random Families offers down-to-earth stories from real families to highlight just how truly distinctive these contemporary new forms of family are.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages, 1 line drawing ; 6 halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:08/09/2020
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- ISBN:9780197519981
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages, 1 line drawing ; 6 halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:08/09/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197519981
