41-year-old man has allegedly fathered more than 500 children in the Netherlands.
According to the Donorkind Foundation, an organization that assists children born through sperm donation who are looking for their origins.
Donorkind, based in the Dutch city of Den Haag, confirmed in a statement that a generous “serial donor” would have donated his sperm both nationally and internationally.
A lawsuit filed by the mother of one of his children has now asked a Dutch court to assist in preventing the man from donating in the future.
According to the Dutch medical guidelines, a donor can only father 25 children to avoid possible incest and psychological problems. But it’s not considered a criminal offense to go over.
The donor, identified by Dutch media as “Jonathan M.,” was already barred from donating through the Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2017. (NVOG). According to officials, he had already fathered 102 babies from 11 different clinics at the time. However, “Jonathan,” who is said to be a musician, continued his genetic contributions both online and internationally.
Ties van der Meer, chairman of Donorkind and a sperm donor himself, told ABC News that his foundation received phone calls from more than 30 mothers this week.
“They were calling from all over,” he explained. “They were all very concerned about whether their child would be from the same donor.”
“Jonathan M.” never mentioned the true number of children he truly had to the Fertility clinics or the mothers, van der Meer said, adding that he keeps in touch with some of Jonathan’s 500 children’s mothers on a regular basis.
The president of Donorkind confirmed to ABC News that “Jonathan M.” sees some of his children.
“It must be identified and combated. I can imagine how upsetting it can be “Ines M., 38, from the Netherlands, had a baby with an anonymous donor two years ago.
When her daughter reaches the age of 16, she will be able to meet with her donor.
According to the Donorkind Foundation, keeping donors anonymous “makes it very difficult to control the number of children for each of them.”
