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Okay, I think I was confused if she was pregnant and whatever. So she was a sperm donor baby. All right, so she and her husband decided to take an ancestry DNA test. We thought it'd be fun, maybe I'd find some half siblings and he'd learn a bit more about his side of the family. Well, we got the results and I matched with him, my husband, as a half sibling.
Okay, I think I was confused if she was pregnant and whatever. So she was a sperm donor baby. All right, so she and her husband decided to take an ancestry DNA test. We thought it'd be fun, maybe I'd find some half siblings and he'd learn a bit more about his side of the family. Well, we got the results and I matched with him, my husband, as a half sibling.
At first, I thought it had to be some kind of mistake or maybe I misunderstood something, but no, after looking into it, we realized his dad was also a donor and no one ever told him.
At first, I thought it had to be some kind of mistake or maybe I misunderstood something, but no, after looking into it, we realized his dad was also a donor and no one ever told him.
And we're still trying to figure out how to process the fact that we're siblings. I don't even know how to explain how I feel. It's just overwhelming. I love him, of course, but this changes so much.
And we're still trying to figure out how to process the fact that we're siblings. I don't even know how to explain how I feel. It's just overwhelming. I love him, of course, but this changes so much.
Oh, my God. No, this makes me kind of want to cry.
Oh, my God. No, this makes me kind of want to cry.
You got to move. We've already spoken to a genetic counselor, and we're trying to move forward, but it's like everything we thought we knew about our family has been flipped upside down.
You got to move. We've already spoken to a genetic counselor, and we're trying to move forward, but it's like everything we thought we knew about our family has been flipped upside down.
I just feel kind of lost. Has anyone else here gone through something like this? I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with something similar, or even just your thoughts. I mean, what are the chances of that?
I just feel kind of lost. Has anyone else here gone through something like this? I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with something similar, or even just your thoughts. I mean, what are the chances of that?
Well, there's plenty of donors out there, but the chances of being a sperm donor baby, just the chances of stumbling upon someone who is your, the chances of meeting someone who is a half-sibling that you didn't know was a half-sibling already, chances of that, amazing.
Well, there's plenty of donors out there, but the chances of being a sperm donor baby, just the chances of stumbling upon someone who is your, the chances of meeting someone who is a half-sibling that you didn't know was a half-sibling already, chances of that, amazing.
And then you start dating, and then you get married, and you didn't know, like, the whole time?
And then you start dating, and then you get married, and you didn't know, like, the whole time?
I can't. I can't. Oh. Okay, sometimes when I have a parking ticket on my car, I see it, and then I hide it from myself. And I, like, pay it, but I, like, hide it from myself. Like, I don't put it in viewing sight because I'm like, no matter what had happened, and I can't look at it. Just like, stop. Don't think about it. I think I would do that. I'd be like, you're my husband, we're happy.
I can't. I can't. Oh. Okay, sometimes when I have a parking ticket on my car, I see it, and then I hide it from myself. And I, like, pay it, but I, like, hide it from myself. Like, I don't put it in viewing sight because I'm like, no matter what had happened, and I can't look at it. Just like, stop. Don't think about it. I think I would do that. I'd be like, you're my husband, we're happy.
Don't think about it.
Don't think about it.