Originally Posted by Unregistered

The donors go through a very lengthy screening process. They do testing for several diseases and genetic problems. They also get family histories, as well as, personal profiles. They get ages of grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and siblings, as well as, health issues and if they have problems. At least that's how the bank we went through was. I do know you can use someone you know because we were asked about that at the fertility clinic, but I know it can bring up some other issues, both medical and legal. I'm not completely sure how that would all work as we chose not to go that way. Hope that information helps.