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Donna’s story

Accidentally discovering she was donor conceived after using a DNA test kit, Donna could finally make sense of why she had felt so different growing up. She decided to take the plunge and investigate her extended family connections.

29th June 2026

I’m American, blue-eyed and of fair complexion – quite different in looks to my parents. I’d always thought my looks were inherited from my mother’s British side of the family whom I had never met. Both my father and mother were dark skinned, dark haired and had dark eyes, so my blue eyes and childhood platinum hair had to come from someone. Since marrying an Englishman in 2019 we come to London often, so it occurred to me that it would be fun to locate the grandchildren of

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