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Read previewViewers who have watched the latest conversation-starting Netflix docuseries, "The Man with 1000 Kids," may be wondering what happened to the other prolific sperm donors featured. "The Man with 1000 Kids" docuseries spotlights Jonathan Jacob Meijer, a man from The Netherlands who has admitted to having 550 children around the world. In 2023, he was banned from donating sperm to new families. He was open with her about being a sperm donor and claimed that he had fathered over 70 children. This large increase in fertility has allowed me to help get many women pregnant; my years of being a sperm donor attribute to this success.
Persons: , Kyle Gordy, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, Meijer, Gordy, Ani, Kyle Gordy's, It's Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business, Facebook, TLC Locations: Netherlands, Kenya, German, Singapore, Japan, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, France, Norway, Los Angeles
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe prolific sperm donor at the center of Netflix's "The Man with 1000 Kids" has denied claims that he mixed his sperm with another donor's to see who the babies would resemble. The three-part docuseries, which was released on July 3, details how parents who used Jonathan Jacob Meijer as a sperm donor brought a case against him in his native Netherlands for fathering 550 children. AdvertisementOn July 4, Meijer said in a YouTube video that he planned to take legal action against Netflix. "I filed the report against slander for the statement that I swapped or mixed sperm with another donor, Leon.
Persons: , Jonathan Jacob Meijer, Meijer, Patricia, Leon, I've, Fiona Harvey, Martha Scott, Jessica Gunning Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube, Netflix Locations: Netherlands
Read previewJonathan Jacob Meijer, the prolific sperm donor who is the focus of the show "The Man with 1000 Kids," said that his children should use a symbol on social media to avoid unwittingly having incestuous relationships. Meijer confirmed that he fathered 550 children during the 2023 court case, and it's unclear why Netflix chose the title "The Man with 1000 Kids." He suggested that his children should use a symbol on social media as a way of avoiding incest. A narrator reading the court transcript in the docuseries said: "The defence argues that if they are worried about incest, his donor children can use a social media symbol to identify themselves as one of his children." In an interview broadcast on Wednesday on BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour," the host asked Meijer if he really thought social media was a good way for his children to identify themselves.
Persons: , Jonathan Jacob Meijer, Meijer, he'll, Kate, we've Organizations: Service, Netflix, Reuters, Business, BBC Locations: Netherlands, Hague, Australia
Read preview"The Man with 1000 Kids" tells the story of four couples and a single woman as they gradually realize their sperm donor has fathered hundreds of children. The Netflix docuseries details how Jonathan Jacob Meijer told those who used him as a donor that he had only helped a handful of families. It later emerges he has been donating sperm around the world. In an email to Business Insider, Meijer denied running the site. He explained that he spent "over 50,000 hours" as a sperm donor until 2019, when he said he stopped donating to clinics.
Persons: , Jonathan Jacob Meijer, John, Meijer, Leon Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business, Hague, Court, Independent, YouTube Locations: Netherlands, Leon, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Africa
Some mothers who have used Jonathan Jacob Meijer's sperm claim the number is much higher. Released on July 3, it features five couples who used Meijer as a sperm donor to start families after finding him on a website called "Longing for a Child." Natalie, who also appeared on the Netflix documentary, highlighted the possible ramifications for future generations because of the number of children Meijer has fathered. Netflix/YouTubeWhen asked about the claims that he has donated globally, Meijer told Business Insider: "As a bank donor doing regular visits, I only was active in the Netherlands for Cryos. Responding to Meijer's decision not to appear in the documentary, Natalie said: "He was given a right to respond.
Persons: , Jonathan Jacob, Meijer, It's, Natalie, Suzanne, he's, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Dutch Society of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Cryos, Netflix, Independent, The Hague, News, YouTube, BI Locations: Netherlands
Under the new aid formula, an additional 2.1 million students should be eligible for the maximum Pell Grant, according to the Department of Education. "The goal of FAFSA simplification was to increase the number of lower-income students applying. The new FAFSA was meant to improve college accessIn ordinary years, high school graduates miss out on billions in federal grants because they don't fill out the FAFSA. In New York alone, students left $226 million in Pell grants on the table in 2023. Jacobson is sponsoring a bill requiring high school seniors to complete the FAFSA.
Persons: Pell Grant, Kantrowitz, Jonathan Jacobson, Jacobson Organizations: Department of Education, York, Universal, National College, Research Locations: New York, Pell, Louisiana
A man who has fathered between 550 and 600 children over the past 16 years is not allowed to donate any more sperm to prospective parents, a court in the Netherlands ruled on Friday. According to The Hague District Court, the man lied about the number of children he had already fathered, the number of sperm donations he had made and his intention to donate even more sperm. Because of Dutch privacy laws, the government has not publicly named the man, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, 41, in the court proceedings as the donor in question. “Donors must sign an agreement with their clinic that they don’t donate sperm at other clinics,” Gerrit-Jan KleinJan wrote. “The sperm donor you are writing about made this agreement as well.
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