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My aunt is my mother – composite families Comments 0

Friday, August 12th, 2011

“For medical purposes I am her mother,” says Jennifer Williams, “But I am also her aunt.”  Ms Williams son is also his cousin’s half-brother.  This is how composite families have changed the notion of who gets a branch on the family tree. Laura Ashmore and Jennifer Williams are sisters. After that, their relationship becomes more complex. Read more

Tags: composite families, Sperm donor, surrogacy
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Australian sperm donor no longer a father Comments 0

Friday, August 5th, 2011

A Sydney man could be the first Australian sperm donor to have his name forcibly removed from his child’s birth certificate. The man, who has not missed one day of contact with his 9 year old daughter, pleaded before a NSW judge not to agree the request by the birth mother’s lesbian ex-partner. “She knows Read more

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