{"id":277776,"date":"2025-09-12T21:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-regulator-gave-wrong-genetic-info-to-donor-conceived-people\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:05:03","slug":"uk-regulator-gave-wrong-genetic-info-to-donor-conceived-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-regulator-gave-wrong-genetic-info-to-donor-conceived-people\/","title":{"rendered":"UK regulator gave &#8216;wrong&#8217; genetic info to donor conceived people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Qb1_Trg2sCE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK regulator gave 'wrong' genetic info to donor conceived people\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qb1_Trg2sCE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A man conceived by sperm donation says he was given the wrong information by the fertility regulator when searching for answers about his heritage.<\/p>\n<p>And Channel 4 News can now exclusively reveal that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regulator is investigating what it says is \u201cfewer than 20 cases\u201d where donor conceived people could have received incorrect information about a biological parent or half-siblings.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the full story on the Channel 4 News website.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man conceived by sperm donation says he was given the wrong information by the fertility regulator when searching for answers about his heritage. And Channel 4 News can now exclusively reveal that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regulator is investigating what it says is \u201cfewer than 20 cases\u201d where donor conceived people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":277777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[147109,147110,137696],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-277776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news","tag-conceived","tag-donation","tag-sperm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK regulator gave &#039;wrong&#039; genetic info to donor conceived people | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch UK regulator gave &#039;wrong&#039; genetic info to donor conceived people for free, here on News ISC. 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