Donor Unknown

Jun 3 2011 Not Rated 1h 20m
Documentary

All JoEllen Marsh knew about her biological father was that he was Donor 150; but she wanted to know anything and everything she could about her father’s genealogy. Thanks to a social networking website called the Donor Sibling Registry designed specifically for donor offspring, that becomes a possibility. Marsh slowly unravels Donor 150's side of her family tree; meeting, one-by-one, her new-found siblings and discovering a plethora of uncanny genetic similarities. (Donor 150 must have had some damn strong genes!) Marsh and her siblings would like to meet the man from whom these common genes were inherited. A New York Times article about Marsh caught Donor 150's eye, and the rest is history…

Plot

JoEllen Marsh is 20 years old, and has never met her father. As she goes in search of her paternity, her path to Donor 150 becomes an exploration into identity and the complex permutations of family. A PBS Indies/Independent Lens selection.

Written by

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Directed by

Jerry Rothwell

Cast

JoEllen Marsh, Danielle Pagano, Fletcher Norris

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Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
152
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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