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Third-party reproduction has reshaped how we perceive family connections. The use of donor gametes has supported the emergence of new family forms and created new roles for those who help others conceive without becoming parents themselves. Donor conception has also evolved, most notably with the gradual dismantling of donor anonymity. While anonymity has been removed in an increasing number of jurisdictions (such as the United Kingdom and Quebec), DNA testing and social media allow donor-conceived people to find their donors even where anonymity is still in place. Although research is emerging on these situations, especially from the perspective of donor-conceived people, little is still known about the experiences of egg and sperm donors. How do they experience being contacted by someone born from one of their donations? How do donors perceive their connection to them? This paper presents findings from a qualitative study involving 15 men and 12 women who donated sperm or eggs in the United States, Australia, and Canada between the 1970s and 2010s. Most donated anonymously, yet all have been contacted by donor offspring. Drawing on kinship studies, this presentation explores how donors perceive their connections with donor offspring, focusing on the terms of reference they use. These connections are difficult to define, as they are based on a physical connection through procreation, but are not supported by time or care during childhood, and donor-conceived people already have parents.

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Ce chapitre porte sur les nouvelles pratiques de parentalité chez les gays et les lesbiennes dans la Chine urbaine contemporaine, un terrain encore peu exploré, qui constitue pourtant un objet d’étude pertinent pour examiner les normes dominantes depuis la marge et leurs transformations, et plus spécifiquement les nouvelles formes de parentalité qui découlent des techniques de procréation et leurs conséquences sur le système de parenté patrilinéaire chinois.