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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it would likely work out fine.  But, we did an anonymous egg donation and I think that is also a great choice. You will feel connected to the baby because you carried it, because you decided to be the mother and because of all the day to day stuff that actually makes up motherhood.  Genetics are only as important as you choose to make them. [/quote]

Genetics actually mean a lot to me - in part because our grandparents were Holocaust survivors and as a result we don't have a lot of blood relatives, so I really want to carry those genes forward. [/quote]

Wow - that has to be one of the most nonsensical reasons I have ever heard!  And I am Jewish with one set of grandparents who lost everyone in the Holocaust.

Our genes are not any more special than anyone elses and propagating does nothing to bring back our ancestors!!!  [/quote]

What can I say? It's important to me. I would like for my child to have Jewish genes, and additionally, if there's a way to "keep it in the family," that's what I would choose. [/quote]

Wanting to carry genes forward is hardly "nonsensical." Jeez.  One of the many unique tragedies of the Holocaust was that it wiped out whole families, whole villages.  People with in-born talents, predispositions, whatever, that they should have been able to pass on to the human race, but were unable to. Genetic diversity is key to the success of our species - its why inbreeding is bad.  In fact the whole point of the Holocaust (from the perspective of the Nazis) was to exterminate the Jewish people, their genes.  To ensure the Jews and their children, and thus their people, would cease to exist, permanently.  The Nazis were just as brutal to non-practicing Jews - the goal was to eliminate everyone who looked Jewish or had Jewish blood - thats genetics.  Thats why it was called "The Final Solution", and why they didn't just murder potential combatants, but instead also targeted women and children.  I don't think it is nonsensical at all to value defeating that aim, generation after generation, by working to ensure these genes are passed on. And everyone's genes are "special" because they are unique, and thus further enrich and diversify our species.  Of course Jewish DNA is not "more special", but it is special.[/quote]

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