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Podcast Review: DNA and Me

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By Yvonne Collins, Isobel Steer, Freddie Howell, Laura Riggall
| bionews.org.uk
Podcast Review: DNA and Me 7 December 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1075 'Where are we walking into now dad?' asks reporter Sophia Smith Galer. Her dad replies: 'The graveyard of St John's in Loughton, Essex.' This is the opening line to DNA and Me, a podcast about direct-to-consumer DNA tests and identity, produced by the BBC. Over the course of 30 minutes, we follow Smith Galer's dad as he visits the graves of his parents and the places where he grew up.
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Book Review: We Are Family

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By Chiara Thomas, Yvonne Collins, Freddie Howell, Sonia Allan
| bionews.org.uk
Book Review: We Are Family 9 November 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1071 Susan Golombok, professor of family research and director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, has been studying changing family structures since the 1970s, when she began a study of the wellbeing of children with lesbian mothers.
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Film Review: DNA testing, sperm donor anonymity and me

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By Marilyn Crawshaw, Freddie Howell, Eric Blyth
| bionews.org.uk
Film Review: DNA testing, sperm donor anonymity and me 2 March 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1037 Anyone who donated sperm, eggs or embryos in the UK prior to the 2005 law change, (as reported in BioNews 302) was promised life-long anonymity. Now in 2020, the probability of donors remaining anonymous is very much diminished, and continue to do so, as more and more people take direct-to-consumer DNA tests.
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TV Review: 25 Siblings and Me

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By Freddie Howell, Yvonne Collins, Sonia Allan, Damian C. Adams
| bionews.org.uk
TV Review: 25 Siblings and Me 2 November 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1070 'Eye-opening and jaw dropping' is how Stephen Fry described this documentary, taking a temporary break from his Twitter hiatus to tweet about 25 Siblings & Me, featuring Oli, a young British man with Asperger's who has long known about his donor conception and recently discovers he has a family of 25 siblings from his American donor.
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