In the quiet hope of building a family, dozens of British parents placed their trust — and the future identities of their children — in a fertility clinic operating beyond the reach of European law. A BBC investigation has found that at least thirty children, most of them British, were likely conceived using sperm or egg donors entirely different from those their parents carefully selected at Dogus IVF Centre in northern Cyprus. The pattern of DNA evidence, blacklisted suppliers, and unanswered questions points not to accident but to something more deliberate — a betrayal of the most intimate
BBC investigation expands: 30 children feared conceived with wrong donors at Cyprus IVF clinics
At least 30 children have been denied knowledge of their true biological origins and genetic heritage, losing opportunity to contact biological donors and understand medical histories.
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