Personalized children’s books and animation that help families explain donor conception with clarity, warmth, and care.

My Donor Story is a series of children’s books and an expanded storytelling universe created to gently explain donor conception while opening the door to bigger conversations about identity, genetics, and belonging. Using simple, age-appropriate language, the stories help children understand the science of how they were conceived and the many ways families are formed.

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Why Families Choose My Donor Story

The first personalized children’s book series for donor-conceived kids that reflects your family through names, look-alike illustrations, pronouns, gender expression, and conception type.
The first donor-conceived characters in animation, helping children make sense of and talk about their own stories
Informed by evidence-based research and shaped in collaboration with donor-conceived people, advocates, and family-building professionals

Editorial Reviews

"The birds & the bees for the donor-conceived generation.”

Melanie McGee Bianchi

Editor, BOLD LIFE MAGAZINE

“A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories.”

Dr. Hutton M. Kearney

Director Hereditary Genomics Mayo Clinic

“With gentleness, meatphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told.”

Jeffrey Kluger

Best-selling co-author of “Apollo 13” and the new novel “Holdout”

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Reader Feedback

From the very beginning, the child-friendly language was so beautiful. I love how this story is told from Maisie's pov. It shows her questioning nature, and her moms are open and kind when talking about how she came to be. It emphasizes the importance of sperm donors while also acknowledging that the way you are raised can be just as important as genetics. The discussion questions in the back also provide a helpful way to talk about the story with children.

Jennifer J, Reviewer

I loved this book! It sweetly and simply explains the important details on IUI. As it is designed for children, it is completely appropriate and is filled with fun illustrations which make the reading experience casual and breezy. I think this is a great addition to a child's bookshelf, irrespective of whether their parents are straight, or in an opposite gender relationship. Along with this, it helps parents answer some questions a child from a donor may have, to satisfy their curiosity. Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the complimentary ARC. All opinions are purely mine.

Saloni P, Reviewer

This is a donor conception story for children. I want to warn that just in case you might be wary- there are terms/diagram used for a sperm and egg to explain conception to the character Maisie. Now- this story was centered around Maisie and her Mommy and Momma. Maisie comes home from school wondering how she was made. So her parents explain it to her. I like how at the end of the story the author provides multiple discussion topics for readers to have conversations about. I guess I just feel like the story was a little short and I wish there was a little more! I think it would’ve been cool if Maisie went to school and continued the conversation with Emmett/classmates.

Jessica B, Reviewer