Random Families

The world of sperm banks and egg donors has given rise to an entirely new form of family. Children of the same donor and their families, with the help of social media and the internet, can now locate each other and make contact. Based on over 350 interviews with children and parents, Rosanna Hertz and Margaret Nelson share the remarkable relationships woven from tenuous bits of information and transforms them into a highly readable analysis of life at the intersection of reproductive technology, social media, and the human desire for intimacy and identity.