It was in the news a few days ago.  Two decades later, a man who was a paid regular sperm donor of a particular sperm bank, was trying to get in touch with his anonymous biological daughters conceived by different mothers; who are in now in their adult life trying to seek and establish a bonding relationship with their anonymous biological father.

What relationship?  They never had any except for the fact that the children will probably just get a good glimpse of how their father's physical traits had been passed on to them.  Is the psychological effect the same as those of abandoned and unwanted children left by the irresponsible fathers to be raised singlehandedly by one parent?

Despite the anonymity factor being strictly enforced by the sperm bank, the children and their father used all possible means including the internet to look for one another and establish communication.  Perhaps the intention of both is to establish a sense of familial relationship they never had.

What do you think, does biological ties justify the building of familial ties between anonymous relatives?  Can something good really come out of it?  Is the outcome of such a relationship fair to all concerned especially the single parent who took all the burdens upon herself to raise her son/daughter?

Here is the complete news article in the New York Times Sperm Donor Father Ends His Anonymity