Connected through genetic testing, Ballard teen meets her sperm donor - New Day NW

Morgen White has always wondered what her biological father would be like. She grew up only knowing him as "Donor #893". That changed last year when the genetic testing site 23 & Me connected them.

"Donor #893" was Spokane's Ryan Johnson and he reached out to Morgen and her mother Liz White. The Ballard teen got to meet Johnson, his wife and 3 children and has spent the last year building a relationship.

Morgen says she's been connected to at least 9 other half-siblings, all from the same donor, and loves having so many people that care about and support her. She first wrote about meeting Ryan as part of her internship with KUOW Radioactive Youth Media program.


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[braxtonoertwig]

Is their not something in the law that states if you sperm donate, that the child cannot use a DNA website to find you; on the condition that you wanted total confidentiality in the donation contract. After all your just wanting to help a married couple with a child when they cant have one.