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http://www.newsweek.com/2015/03/20/s...rs-313513.html
Antonia Adzic will never meet her father. But when she’s older, her mother will explain that he is a computer programmer and that his favourite colour is blue, his favourite animal is a lion. She will add that he likes football, travels frequently, has fine hand-writing – and is Danish.
His nationality will intrigue Antonia, who currently is only 14 months old. It will help her to understand why, although her mother has curly black hair and dark eyes, she has blue eyes, blonde hair, and is likely to be taller than many of her Serbian friends – all of which is fine with Antonia’s mother, Ana Adzic, one of 200 women in Serbia who have bought sperm from unknown Danish donors.
It would be the start of a long journey. To bring Antonia into the world, Ana, a journalist, experienced sperm buying, IVF treatment, countless appointments with doctors, lab analysis, travelling and accommodation costs. Her medical bills alone came to some €5,000. The Acibadem Sistina clinic has been responsible for 6,000 births since its opening 14 years ago, mainly working with the sperm bank Cryos International, from Aarhus in Denmark. “I’ve always preferred blonde men, maybe because I’m dark-haired like a Turk. They showed me the picture of a Danish man and I liked him. I liked that he was a computer programmer because I had studied maths at school.”
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