送给家人基因检测套餐做礼物，却意外发现身世之谜

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自己不是亲生的。

去年圣诞节，美国女孩瑞贝卡送给父母的礼物是一份家庭DNA测试套餐，因为他们都想了解下家族的意大利血统。然而，2月份收到的测试结果却让人震惊无比——瑞贝卡与爸爸约瑟夫没有任何血缘关系。而这一切要从25年前说起。

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Joseph and his wife, Jennifer, had turned to in vitro fertilization about 25 years ago to have Rebecca, and he had never suspected that his daughter wasn't biologically related to him. But subsequent paternity tests after the home DNA kit backed up the startling fact.

约25年前，约瑟夫和他的妻子詹妮弗通过人工授精的方式生下了瑞贝卡。他从未怀疑自己的女儿与他没有血缘关系。但是在家庭DNA测试套餐之后，他们又做了一次亲子鉴定，证实了这个令人震惊的事实。

Through tracing down more information on Ancestry.com, the Cartellones have narrowed the possible sperm donors down to five men, one of whom worked at the hospital that provided the couple with fertility treatment. On Wednesday, the Cartellones sued the provider, Cincinnati's Institute for Reproductive Health, and its affiliated Christ Hospital.

通过在Ancestry.com上追踪的信息，卡泰隆夫妇将可能的精子捐献者范围缩小到了五名男性，其中一人在为这对夫妇提供生育治疗的医院工作。周三，卡泰隆夫妇起诉了辛辛那提生殖健康研究所及其附属基督医院。

The Cartellones hope not only to hold the clinic accountable but to get answers. They don't know whether the sperm was used accidentally or on purpose, or whether the doctor used someone else's sperm because the attempt at fertilization failed. They also don't know what happened to Joseph's sperm, including whether it was successfully used in another IVF procedure or whether it resulted in the creation of a biological child.

夫妻二人不仅希望让诊所负责，而且希望得到答案。他们不知道精子是意外用错还是故意用错的，或者医生是否因为授精失败而使用了别人的精子。他们也不知道约瑟夫的精子出了什么问题，是不是被用在另一个试管授精手术中，是不是导致了一个孩子的出生。

▲ 'Tragedy at the hands of a fertility clinic': Family sues over sperm swap (via washingtonexaminer)

生育中心闹出这种错误，却拒绝赔偿，也拒绝承担责任，甚至连一句道歉都没有说过。

左：瑞贝卡和约瑟夫； 右：约瑟夫

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“There is a mix of anger, pain and confusion that comes along with having to accept this and having to break the news to our family. This has been extremely difficult,” Mr. Cartellone said.

卡泰隆先生说：“这消息让我们愤怒、痛苦，也让我们很困惑，我们不得不接受这个事实，而且不得不将这个消息告诉我们的家人。这是非常困难的。”

▲ 'Devastated': Mix-ups at fertility center breed litigation for emotional distress (via washingtontimes)

瑞贝卡心里也一直备受煎熬，总是为买了那个检测套餐而深深内疚。另外，她也很困扰自己真正的身世。

"She has no idea who her biological father is," he said. "She now knows nothing about her genetic background, her family history, and medical history."

“她根本不知道她的生父是谁，”他说。“她现在对自己的遗传背景、家族史和病史一无所知。”

▲ 'Tragedy at the hands of a fertility clinic': Family sues over sperm swap (via washingtonexaminer)

约瑟夫后来了解到，摊上这种情况的家庭不止他们一个。

The Cartellones are just one of more than 200 clients the law firm Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane says it has been working with who have been wronged by fertility treatment. Others include a couple whose fertilized embryo was implanted in a stranger, cases in which embryos have been lost because the storage unit where they were being held broke down, and cases where a fertility clinic threw out embryos without asking a couple's permission.

Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane律所有200多个客户都因生育治疗出现问题而来寻求法律援助，卡泰隆一家只是其中之一。其他案例还包括，一对夫妇的受精胚胎被植入陌生人体内，因为储存器坏了导致胚胎丢失，以及生育诊所在没有征得夫妇允许的情况下扔掉胚胎。

▲ 'Tragedy at the hands of a fertility clinic': Family sues over sperm swap (via washingtonexaminer)

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在美国，每年大约有十分之一的女性寻求生育方面的帮助。美国有480个生育中心，产值高达21亿美元。每年大约有2%或6.9万例的生育是通过IVF（试管婴儿）进行的，每次手术费用高达2万美元，而且往往不在医疗保险的覆盖范围内。

Peiffer律师说，与卡泰隆一家类似的这些案例都证明了，生育治疗/试管婴儿这个行业是一个“失控的，不受监管的行业”。

他和其他律师在周三的新闻发布会上建议政府通过法律，强制检查诊所和实验室，增加许可证要求，并强制诊所公布任何失败案例。

而瑞贝卡一家却因一件礼物，从此踏上了一场寻亲之旅。

看到这样的故事，有部分网友脑洞大开。

有没有可能是试管婴儿诊所给这家老婆出轨打掩护呢？我可能是《莫里秀》看多了吧。（关于《莫里秀》请戳这里了解）

可能她不是试管婴儿吧？

爱死这种DNA测试引发的大戏了。

但更多的网友还是对瑞贝卡表示同情。

发生这样的事情真是可怕。但我希望他们意识到，（尽管发生了这种错误）也绝不能因此贬低生她和养她的人。

如果爸爸爱她，好好抚养她，照顾这个家庭，是不是亲生的都没差。

如果你发现自己不是亲生的会怎么做？

文：A君

资料：washingtontimes，washingtonexaminer

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