The Anonymous Us Project

"The Truth and Miracles": A prospective father defends his perspective that donor-children cannot thoroughly comprehend the struggles undergone by infertile couples.

"To Any Parent That Thinks Their Donor Conceived Child Simply Doesn’t Care": A donor-conceived woman deplores her mother's lack of understanding in regards to her biological father, as well as her anguish in being deprived of her biological family..

"Found": After discovering her/his biological mother and witnessing the similarities both externally and internally, a donor-conceived individual grapples with when to make contact, if at all.

"We Adopted Instead": An adoptive mother implores others considering donor-conception as an option to instead adopt; why create a child when one already exists in dire need of aid?

"My Clan": An elderly man boasts of his many children through sperm-donation and elucidates on his maneuvering around clinic standards of donor age and child quota.

"Confused and Out of Place": A donor-conceived child struggles with a social mother that refuses to aid her in the search for her biological mother.

"I Finally Found You": After seven years of searching, a donor-conceived child finally discovers the identity of her/his donor, but soon after the contact is disappointed with the emotionally complex results.

"I Regret...": A mother of an IVF child concedes to regretting a decision she made in the past, that subsequently affected her future children.

"To the Parents Who Chose To Use A Donor and Now Fear You Made A Mistake After Reading Some of These Stories": A donor-conceived child counsels parents on the healthiest way to address their children, and to encourage them, regarding their conception and wishes for biological connection.

"To My Donor: It's Not Your Fault": A donor-conceived individual grapples with the newfound understanding that the struggles faced in her or his life can no longer be placed upon the shoulders of her or his absent biological father.

"A Weird Kind of Closure": Following a message through Facebook, a donor-conceived child begins to secure a closure of sorts around her or himself.

"You Can Choose Your Friends, Not Your____": The mother of an egg-donor conceived child relates her difficulty with her infertility and the callousness with which some fertile parents treat the children they have.

"Proud, Loving donor Daddy": A sperm donor elucidates upon his specific process of donation and interaction with the recipient families, and the diversity with which his involvement in his children's lives is treated.

In this episode there are five featured stories, including three donor-conceived perspectives; a former prospective parent who decided the 'savior mentality' of those who advocate the usage of anonymous embryos was not one that she maintained, nor one she supported; and lastly, a clinical psychologist in training elaborates on her empathy for and acknowledgement of the pain of donor-conceived children.

This episode features five stories, three from donor-conceived individuals, one from a parent of two donor-conceived children, and one from a donor.

Diversity is prevalent within the perspectives of this episode, and emotions range from regret, to indignation, to sadness, to gratitude.

There are a plentitude of stories in this episode, and, by a listener's request, all pertain exclusively to the varying experiences of children of same-sex unions.

Included are testimonies from children of gay and lesbian couples, and all, whether admonishing the carelessness of adults when predetermining a fate other than their own, or gratefully acknowledging the insistent and resilient love shown by homosexual parents, are not often perceived within mainstream society.

Three poems are read, the first portraying a donor-conceived child's discontentment with the anonymity of her or his father.

The second illustrates the lack of acceptance within mainstream society of children lacking one parent.

And the third poem is written by a parent that joyously celebrates her son's arrival and rethinks the meaning of a poem she once wrote about him.

"Did You Do It For The Money? Or The Concept?": A donor-conceived child questions not only the motives of her/his sperm donor, but also his morality.

"Giving the Gift of Life Abroad": A sperm donor narrates his experiences with donating to a couple in Thailand.

"Life is Incredible — However It Begins": An egg donor entreats donor-conceived children unhappy with their conception to be positive.