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I read a quite interesting article in Stylist Magazine (Issue 14) this evening. It talked about Stacy Smedley, a woman 29 years old who is a child of a sperm donor and she found his siblings (half-brother) via donorsiblingregistry.com. This website was created in September 2000 by a mother whose donor-conceived son had curiosity about his genetic origins. This website helps to connect children who share the same sperm or egg donor. The website works by collecting donor children's names and donor codes, then searches for sibling matches.

Stacy has a very happy childhood, she admired her mother be brave enough to have a sperm donor baby 29 years ago and happy to have a good grandfather as a father figure role for her when she was young. However, she was always curious about her genetic origin. When she found that website, she registered and eventually got contact with her half-brother. They started to exchange emails and then met. She said "It was overwhelming to be faced with a stranger who had all these traits in common with me. We spent hours comparing everything down to our big toes." What even surprised her is that she is going to meet her donor father as well.

At the end of the article, Stacy said "Finding Christopher (her half-brother) has answered so many questions about my identity. Meeting my father will be the final piece of the puzzle".