Woman & Home South Africa

I was conceived by a sperm donor BUT NOONE TOLD ME

‘I felt an overwhelming grief that I was not related to my lovely dad’

Like many people, I was curious about my genealogy and family history. So, in my fifties, I decided to take a DNA test to see what it might bring up.

Little did I know it would unleash a howling wilderness of confusion, betrayal and grief. The test revealed my heritage was clearly at odds

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