by Guest » Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:59 pm
Red Okktober wrote:HobbitFeet wrote:[GSA (and assortative attraction)
people enter into relationships when they meet estranged relatives for the first time despite knowing they are related, not knowing you are related takes the taboo element away
We only ever meet a tiny fraction of the population throughout our entire lives. Obviously families settle in an area and socialise with each other, thereby giving the opportunity for attractions and relationships to develop.
With sperm donations though, I imagine they are despatched far away from the area they were collected in, thereby making the above scenario highly unlikely.
Say a London man donates sperm and it's shipped up to Glasgow and produces a boy for a Scottish Lady. The London man then goes on to father a natural daughter in London - what are the odds of the son and daughter ever meeting in a social situation, being attracted to each other, getting married and having kids of their own? Too small for it to be a concern imo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.htmlNow, there is growing concern among parents, donors and medical experts about potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donors, including the possibility that genes for rare diseases could be spread more widely through the population. Some experts are even calling attention to the increased odds of accidental incest between half sisters and half brothers, who often live close to one another.
[quote="Red Okktober"][quote="HobbitFeet"][GSA (and assortative attraction)
people enter into relationships when they meet estranged relatives for the first time despite knowing they are related, not knowing you are related takes the taboo element away[/quote]
We only ever meet a tiny fraction of the population throughout our entire lives. Obviously families settle in an area and socialise with each other, thereby giving the opportunity for attractions and relationships to develop.
With sperm donations though, I imagine they are despatched far away from the area they were collected in, thereby making the above scenario highly unlikely.
Say a London man donates sperm and it's shipped up to Glasgow and produces a boy for a Scottish Lady. The London man then goes on to father a natural daughter in London - what are the odds of the son and daughter ever meeting in a social situation, being attracted to each other, getting married and having kids of their own? Too small for it to be a concern imo.[/quote]
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.html
[quote]Now, there is growing concern among parents, donors and medical experts about potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donors, including the possibility that genes for rare diseases could be spread more widely through the population. Some experts are even calling attention to the increased odds of accidental incest between half sisters and half brothers, who often live close to one another.[/quote]