男子捐精400次 28年後22個孩子來認爹

A sperm donor from the US has met 22 children he fathered at a "wonderful" family gathering.

在一次"不可思議"的家庭聚會上，美國一位捐精者見到了因他捐精而出生的22名子女。

Todd Whitehurst began donating to a sperm bank in 1998 while he was at university. For four years, Todd donated to the same clinic about 400 times.

1998年，還在上大學的陶德·懷特赫斯特開始向精子銀行捐精，4年間，陶德向同一家診所捐精約400次。

The Google computer engineer, 49, said he did it to "help people out" and signed forms that stated he had to remain anonymous.

這位現年49歲的谷歌計算機工程師表示，他這麼做是想幫助他人。他還簽下了希望匿名的表格文件。

However it was his unique donor ID number that enabled one of his donor children, Sarah Malley to eventually find her dad through the online database: Donor Sibling Registry.

然而，正是根據他唯一的捐精號碼，使得一名受他捐精而出生的、名叫薩拉·莫利的孩子，最終通過Donor Sibling Registry網站找到了她的父親。

"This is so awesome," Malley said and she hugged Whitehurst as soon as he got out of the car.

懷特赫斯特一從車上走下來，莫利就和他抱在了一起。她說道：“這真是太好了。”

The site was set up by Wendy Kramer, the mother of a donor son, who soon realised how much her son wanted to know who his biological dad was.

該網站是由溫迪·克萊默創辦的，她也是一個受捐精而出生的孩子的母親。不久之前，溫迪意識到了她的兒子是多麼想知道自己的生身父親是誰。

The networking site allows children to match the donor IDs to their biological dads to chat and meet their siblings.

該網站可以允許孩子們通過匹配生父的捐精號碼，與自己的兄弟姐妹聊天見面。