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Could a donor avoid being traced by not updating HFEA details?

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becominganonymous · 05/08/2026 15:03

In this situation would a person really become anonymous? I’ve advised the person trying to do this that 1). It wouldn’t guarantee it and 2). They entered into a moral and legal contract at the time of donation and should adhere to that ?

Due to a change quite a while ago in sperm/ egg donation it changed that when a donor conceived child reached 18 they would be given identifying info and last known address of their donor/s.

If a donor didn’t update their info with hfea to record address changes and changed their name by deed poll / marriage and didn’t update that how would any child be able to find them or would it then be impossible?

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usererror99 · 05/08/2026 20:31

With the popularity of home dna kits these days no one stays anonymous for long

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