Donor conception and family connection: beyond genetic reductionism in the postgenomic era.

The aim of this article is to analyse the motivations, expectations, and experiences of information exchange and contact among parties linked through donor conception of solo mothers who had their children with the help of assisted reproduction technology (ART) across donor types (e.g. sperm, egg, embryo) and settings in Spain, where donation is anonymous, and the United Kingdom, where donor anonymity was lifted in 2005. This study draws on ethnographic research that took place in Madrid (Spain) and in London (the United Kingdom), where I conducted 60 in-depth interviews with solo mothers.