In the March (2009) issue of Good Housekeeping, there’s an article by Amanda Robb called “Siblings Of A Sort” on the amazing story of Glenda and Scott Lyons. They’re the couple with four children who donated/adopted their embryos to another couple, Susan and Bruce Lindeman — and then again to Dana and Cliff MacMillan.
In total, there are seven children biological Lyons children, but the remarkable thing is that they hold family reunions of a sort… all gathering together, sharing the children — and yes, the children know.
The Lyons say the children they’ve gifted the Lindemans and MacMillans with feel …read more

Before watching the Dateline interview of Nadya Suleman, my only interest in this story was the passing thought of, “Will this family replace Jon & Kate Plus 8??” I honestly had no idea of the squawking & hostility towards this mother of six who just gave birth to octuplets. In fact, I was surprised to hear of it — and that’s what drew me towards the show.
(Personally, I’d like to lay a large part of this concerned indignation from our nation on the bitterly infertile; but even the fertile seem to be pissed off. So it’s larger …read more