apparently not everyone's first thought is polyamory

Feb 05, 2008 09:18

 So, I was browsing along and I came across this story:  Embryos created with DNA from 3 people.  My first thought was that this was awesome, not just because of the possiblity of keeping diseases from being passed on, which is a valid use of scientific study if there ever was one.  But also, because I thought, cool!  a way for a baby to have more ( Read more... )

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imapolygirl February 5 2008, 20:49:28 UTC
Someone just posted the article in question to my local poly list, so the poly community has picked up on it quickly.

I know an MFF triad that accomplished something similar. They wanted a baby. One of the wives was menopausal, and the other, much younger wife had no viable eggs for reasons unrelated to age. The grown daughter from an earlier marriage of the older wife donated eggs which were inseminated with the husband's sperm in vitro. Then the fertilized eggs (as it turned out) were implanted in the uterus of the younger wife, who carried them to term. Today their twins are about five years old.

I'm not a DNA expert, but I'd think that the DNA of the husband, the younger wife, and the older wife's daughter would be present in the child, assuming that the surrogate mother's blood running through the veins of the children includes her DNA. Regardless, the twins are the grandchildren of the older wife and therefore her blood relatives as well.

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universeunfold February 5 2008, 20:55:00 UTC
That is awesome. I'm glad that people will actually be able to share parenting with who they want. It's also nice to hear something positive about this discovery, because the few people IRL that I've mentioned it to have been very...against it. And I didn't even mention it in a poly context, just that people could include someone else. It irritates me that people can be so small thinking.

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imapolygirl February 5 2008, 22:03:08 UTC
Yes, people can be apallingly timid when it comes to thinking outside the box. They let their fear run the show, which is the enemy of imagination. I'd be willing to bet that people discouraged Edison from inventing the light bulb. The good news is that he did it anyway - and so shall we polyamorous adventurers continue to clear the way for relationship choices, naysayers notwithstanding. Hopefully the referenced scientists will persevere as well.

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