#2: Does She Look Like Me?

#2:她看起来像我吗?

You Look Like Me

社会与文化

2021-01-07

36 分钟
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Louise gets her first close DNA match — and scrambles to work out if the stranger could be a half-sibling. In this second episode of a five-part series, Louise speaks to people who have found dizzying numbers of half-siblings... sometimes into the hundreds. And she examines what can happen in a fertility industry with no regulation. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: ⁠http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme ⁠ You Look Like Me is hosted by Louise McLoughlin, edited by Tamsin Hughes, and recorded in lockdown

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  • Just a note before we start this episode contains strong language that's actually my fault.

  • Sorry, you look like me.

  • A podcast making sense of the life and families of donor conceived people.

  • This is my story, and it's also a place for yours.

  • Before I turned 16, I found something out that changed my life forever.

  • I had half siblings that I didn't know.

  • About three days ago, I just found another sister.

  • I think I've gotten numb at this point.

  • When I met my father at 16, I found out that I'm one of at least 32 half siblings.

  • After more than a decade of searching, I haven't found any half siblings yet.

  • I constantly wonder what kind of people they are.

  • You could be my half sibling.

  • You could be my half sibling.

  • We don't know.

  • We have no idea.

  • Some of them, they'll probably be completely out of reach forever.

  • But I'll do everything in my power to find these people.

  • Welcome to youo Look like me.

  • I'm Louise McLachlan and I grew up as an only child until in my teens, I learned that I was conceived with the help of donor sperm.

  • A donor who had probably helped to conceive other children too.