By Bob Walsh
There are some financial transactions that are by their nature anonymous. It is therefore difficult for the buyer to truly be aware of what he or she is buying. Some of these transactions have significant downstream costs, both personal and financial.
Sperm Donor 9623 was very popular. In fact 9623 is the biological father of 36 children in the U. S., U. K. and Canada. He is presented as having an I.Q. of 160, speaking four languages, in good health and holding a Master’s Degree while working towards a doctorate in in neuroscience engineering. Problem is, 9623 is actually a convicted felon with a significant history of psych episodes and hospitalization. Some of his psych issues are believed to have both genetic and hereditary origins. His entire background as presented to sperm purchasers was a complete fraud. He in fact worked as a janitor and was a high school dropout And now the Xytex Corporation, the purveyor of 9623’s seed, is being sued. A lot.
Allegedly Xytex has made zero effort to verify any of the statements made by 9623, or presumably that of any of its other donors. In fact it is being alleged that Xytex assisted him in inflating his resume.
One interesting thing is that Xytex is headquartered in Atlanta and Georgia state law does not recognize the concept of “wrongful birth.” The situation developed after Zytex inadvertently released the real name of donor 9623 and some of the legal parents of his children decided to do some research. They were more than a little upset by what they found.
I guess sometimes you should just go out and pick up some guy in a bar and hope for the best.
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