My best friend and I decided to get pregnant by the same man so our children would share the same genes.

THE FAMILY SECRET HIDDEN IN OUR CHILDREN’S DNA

The doctor examined the genetic reports of our unborn babies, and his expression suddenly changed.

“My goodness,” he whispered. “Do you understand what these results might mean for your children?”

 

I was five months pregnant, sitting beside Emily, my closest friend of twenty-five years.

Three months earlier, we’d celebrated the most wonderful news imaginable.

We were both expecting babies, and we’d deliberately chosen the same sperm donor so our children could grow up as biological siblings.

It had seemed like the

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