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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The genetic parents realized the law was not on their side and it would likely be a costly and unsuccessful lawsuit to win custody so they agreed to this arrangement to be allowed to stay in the child’s life.  It is very sad for the genetic parents.  [/quote]

The birth mother has said the genetic parents are staying a part of their shared child’s life.[/quote]

I suppose we will ignore epigenetics, because in a very real sense, both mothers are genetic parents. [/quote]

Well, let’s ignore it then because this baby will grow up forever confused.[/quote]
It’s not really confusing? Lots of children are conceived with sperm, egg, and embryo donation. The parents can and should explain what happened here. [/quote]

Yeah, hey kid your real parents really wanted you but we decided to selfishly keep you ourselves instead of making a hard choice for an unfortunate situation.[/quote]

Or the actual story. “Hey, kid, when you were born, we realized the doctor mixed something up. We realized that someone else made the embryo you grew from. When we found out, we looked everywhere—all over the world— for the people who made your embryo so we could make sure they knew about you and how much we loved you. We both love you so much, and so that’s why we’re all involved and part of your life. Your embryo parents thought it would be really hard and scary to take you away from us, when we’re the only people to have raised you from when you were a baby. So they made a selfless decision and agreed that we would raise you, but we would all be part of your life and love you.][/quote]

That might work, but odds are it won’t.

The kid will grow up not looking like the people she lives with, will likely endure unkind questions and comments throughout childhood because of it, and recognize her actual bio parents who love her and always wanted her are a stone’s throw away living happily with her full siblings…who look like her.

Let’s not ignore the elephant in the room, because the kid certainly won’t.

We might see a lawsuit down the road if the kid wants to live with her bio family and the custodial parents take steps to minimize contact.

The selfless act should have come from the birth parents; her bio parents should raise her…that’s the only logical solution that places what’s best for the child above all else. Surely the child will figure that out eventually. [/quote]

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