A sperm donor from the US has met 22 children he fathered at a "wonderful" family gathering.
在一次"不可思议"的家庭聚会上,美国一位捐精者见到了因他捐精而出生的22名子女。
Todd Whitehurst began donating to a sperm bank in 1998 while he was at university. For four years, Todd donated to the same clinic about 400 times.
1998年,还在上大学的陶德·怀特赫斯特开始向精子银行捐精,4年间,陶德向同一家诊所捐精约400次。
The Google computer engineer, 49, said he did it to "help people out" and signed forms that stated he had to remain anonymous.
这位现年49岁的谷歌计算机工程师表示,他这么做是想帮助他人。他还签下了希望匿名的表格文件。
However it was his unique donor ID number that enabled one of his donor children, Sarah Malley to eventually find her dad through the online database: Donor Sibling Registry.
然而,正是根据他唯一的捐精号码,使得一名受他捐精而出生的、名叫萨拉·莫利的孩子,最终通过Donor Sibling Registry网站找到了她的父亲。
"This is so awesome," Malley said and she hugged Whitehurst as soon as he got out of the car.
怀特赫斯特一从车上走下来,莫利就和他抱在了一起。她说道:“这真是太好了。”
The site was set up by Wendy Kramer, the mother of a donor son, who soon realised how much her son wanted to know who his biological dad was.
该网站是由温迪·克莱默创办的,她也是一个受捐精而出生的孩子的母亲。不久之前,温迪意识到了她的儿子是多么想知道自己的生身父亲是谁。
The networking site allows children to match the donor IDs to their biological dads to chat and meet their siblings.
该网站可以允许孩子们通过匹配生父的捐精号码,与自己的兄弟姐妹聊天见面。