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Know who they are. Talk before you decide.

Meeting a known donor, surrogate or co-parent through Pedigree, next to going it alone, anonymous arrangements and agencies.

Four ways

How people find the person

PedigreeMeet a known donor, surrogate, co-parent or partner, and talk before you decide.
On your ownAsking around, and working everything out between the two of you.
Anonymous arrangementYou never learn who the other person is.
Through an agencyAn intermediary makes the introduction and sets the process.

In short

What each one means

Pedigree
  • Every profile says who the member is and what they hope for.
  • You match, talk and ask to meet first.
  • Every member accepts the known and unpaid pledge.
On your own
  • You find the person yourself.
  • What you learn is what they choose to tell you.
  • There is nothing around the two of you if something feels wrong.
Anonymous arrangement
  • You do not meet the person.
  • You do not talk to them before you decide.
  • Contact later is not something the two of you settle together.
Through an agency
  • The agency stands between you and the other person.
  • How much you learn, and when, is set by the agency.
  • Agencies differ, so ask each one how it works.

Side by side

Everything, side by side

Ways of finding a donor, surrogate or co-parent compared
What mattersPedigreeOn your ownAnonymous arrangementThrough an agency
Who you are meeting
You know who the person isOnly what they tell youSet by the agency
Identity verification shown on the profileGreen Verified pillSet by the agency
See how many members are near you, never an exact locationNear You, in ranges
Roles and intent
Role on every profile: donor, surrogate, co-parent, partner or hopeful parentYou have to askSet by the agency
Involvement, method and timeline stated up frontYou have to askSet by the agency
Filter and browse by role
Talk before you decide
Talk to the person before you decideSet by the agency
Ask to meet in person first, in a public placeMeet First requestsUp to youSet by the agency
Decide together how much contact there will be laterSet by the agency
What surrounds it
A pledge every member accepts: here as themselves, known and unpaid
Health details shared only with the member's consent, never shown as verifiedUp to each personSet by the agency
Report and block, with reasons for payment requests and pressureNobody to report toSet by the agency
Working it out together
An agreement checklist to work through togetherWrite your ownSet by the agency
Plain-language Q&A, a clinic finder and a safety guide in one placeFind your own

A general comparison of ways to meet. Agencies and arrangements differ, so ask each one how it works. Pedigree is not a clinic, a sperm or egg bank, or an agency, and nothing here is medical or legal advice.

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