title: [Five years of Fiom KID-DNA Databank: experiences in matching sperm donors and donor-conceived offspring].
abstract: Before the introduction of the Dutch Human Fertilisation (Donor Information) Act (in Dutch: Wet Donorgegevens Kunstmatige Bevruchting) in 2004, approximately 40,000 donor-conceived offspring were born in the Netherlands. The majority is conceived by means of artificial insemination with anonymous donor sperm (in Dutch: kunstmatige inseminatie met anoniem donorzaad - KID). This means that they have little or no access to information about their genetic origins. Through the Fiom KID-DNA Databank, established in 2010 in association with the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, it is possible for these donor-conceived offspring and donors to search for one another. DNA profiles are used to match donor-conceived offspring, donors and half-siblings. It is expected that the number of donor-related searches will increase. The experiences with matching and counselling of donor-conceived offspring and donors presented in this paper will help donor-conceived offspring and donors who start a search in the future. Moreover, they provide guidance for forming a meaningful relationship between those involved.
authors.affiliation: FIOM, 's Hertogenbosch.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Postema
authors.forename: A J B M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Maas
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D013094:Spermatozoa; D014019:Tissue Donors