I should have seen that coming.
Posted on 10/06/2007 5:53:56 AM PDT by NYer
You’re not alone.
I have a father-in-law. I try to imagine such a scenario.
Nope. It’s weird.
but I don’t suppose it’s illegal.
Quotes like this keep me reading FR. LOL
That was my first reaction. Then, I thought about it some more, and if they want the ‘donor’ to be a family member, rather than some stranger they don’t know, and have no idea about the medical (or mental/social) history of, why not? It’s frankly much better than picking someone out of a catalogue that you don’t really know anything about.
Can Armageddon be far away?
ask Chelsea.
Even a daughter would carry 50% of the father's genetics.
“There are countless children in the world who need a home. This is an example of greed.”
I have for a long time viewed the entire spectrum of artificial insemination cases as cases of parents for whom the prospect of “having a child” is all about themselves, not the child. When I listen to their (the parents) own statements of the prospective child I hear the discussion of a possession, not a person.
My own belief is that if the couple was approaching their difficulty in conceiving in the right spirit of parenthood, they would adopt natural-born children who needed a good home; of which there is no shortage in the world.
I don’t see the problem. If the daddy-to-be has no brothers, this is as close to his own genetic contribution as he can get.
Why is this a story? This kind of thing has been going on in Arkansas for ages!
I should have seen that coming.
Don't children usually do just fine in such circumstances? Also, this isn't an ethical question unless we are still following Hegel's suggestion and custom doesn't allow this kind of AI.
I’m my own grandpa
Many, many years ago when I was just twenty-three,
I was married to a widow, she was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
And my father fell in Love with her. Soon they too were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law—changed my very life!
My daughter was my mother because she was my father’s wife!
To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby he then became a brother-in-law to Dad.
Well, that made him my uncle—made me very sad!
Because if he was my uncle then he also was a brother
To the widow’s grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
CHORUS
My father’s wife then had a son who kept them on the run.
And, of course, he became my grandchild because he was my daughter’s son.
My wife is now my mother’s mother and this makes me blue
Because although she is my wife, she’s my grandmother too!
CHORUS
Now if my wife is my grandmother, well, then I am her grandchild,
And every time that I think about this, it nearly drives me wild!
Because now I have become the strangest case that you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I’m my own grandpa!
CHORUS:
I’m my own grandpa! I’m my own grandpa!
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so!
Oh, I’m my own grandpa!
LOL ! Bingo!
Cue Banjos...
This falls under the category of just plain weird. This would cast a shadow over the relationship of this family that would negatively effect the child and his family, whether the child is ever told this or not. He’s going to be his father’s own brother. His wife is going to give birth to his brother.
I must admit that song did come to mind...
But he will have a brother that his own wife will give birth to.
“Yeah. I hate it when those sperm donors mob our car at freeway exits.”
I know what you mean. I get really tired of those guys with those “ Will donate sperm for food” signs
Right, because his own wife will be giving birth to either a younger brother or sister to him.
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