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Gay father surrogacy families:
Informing the child of the way of conception
• 40gayfatherfamilieswithchildrenaged3-9years
• Almostallfamilieshadstartedtheprocessoftalkingtotheir children about their origins, with the level of detail and children's understanding increasing with the age of the child
Blake et al., 2016
• 80gayfathersof40Italianfamilieswithchildrenaged6-12years
• Beforethechildwas4years,34/40families(85%)hadstarted to disclose their use of a surrogate, with 16 families (40%) also disclosing their use of a donated egg, and only 4 (10%) disclosing which father’s sperm had been used
Carone et al., 2018
• 80fathersof40Italiangayfathersurrogacyfamilieswithchildren aged 6-12 years were interviewed
• 31childrenin24familieswereinterviewed
• 22childrenawareofthesurrogatefeltgratefultowardsher(71%)
• Ofthe25childrenwhowerealsoawareoftheoocytedonation,11 (44%) showed limited interest in their donor
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