Decision at the Olg Frankfurt: Why Kim Doesn't Know How Many Siblings She Has

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Some collect stamps, others the fragments of their family history. Thanks to DNA tests like MyHeritage, the biological truth is often just a saliva sample away. However, those who choose the official route through the German legal system are currently receiving a sobering lesson in familial ties from the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main. A woman conceived through sperm donation demanded not only the identity of her biological father fr…

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For years Kim has repeatedly met people in whom she finds out: They are her half-brothers - all of them from the same sperm donor. However, she is denied the information about how often the sperm donation of her genetic father was used. A court in Frankfurt confirmed this.