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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

When I found out I was conceived using donor sperm my life collapsed like a Jenga tower

Laura Bridgens

Laura Bridgens likens the experience of discovering that her biological father was a sperm donor to the moment a Jenga tower comes crashing down.

“I felt a whole world of emotions,” she tells The Independent. “In a lot of ways it made sense. But it was a massive, massive shock. I tend to liken it to a Jenga tower – someone removes the bottom block and it massively unsettles things.”

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