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Home DNA tests doom anonymity for sperm, egg donors

Ryan Kramer found his biological father and eight half brothers or sisters through a DNA test website. [AFP/File / JOSH EDELSON]

All Ryan Kramer had to do was to swab his cheek and embark on nine days of genealogical research to identify his biological father, a man who thought he would remain anonymous when he donated his sperm and never took a DNA test himself.

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