Who is ‘super sperm donor’ Mitch Kennedy and how does he plan to prevent his 20 kids from incestuous relationships?
Mitch Kennedy has helped twenty families have a baby with his do-it-yourself kits at home
THIS Morning viewers were left baffled by a “super sperm donor” who has fathered 20 children.
Mitch Kennedy is a private donor who has helped numerous families have children, as well as having a child of his own - here's all you need to know about the 35-year-old Aberdeen native.
Who is Mitch Kennedy?
Mitch Kennedy is a "super sperm donor" who has donated his sperm to 20 families so they can have a baby.
He doesn't donate to a clinic, he does it privately and chooses who gets his sperm.
The recipients are mostly lesbian couples and he prepares the sperm in a kit so the couple can insert it at home.
Mitch said that he stays in touch with the families and encourages them to be in touch with each other.
He is also about to appear in a documentary called 4 Men, 175 Babies: Britain's Super Donors.
What has Mitch Kennedy said about being a sperm donor?
Mitch featured on This Morning and spoke openly about why he is a sperm donor.
He also said that he is not worried his many children might end up in an accidentally incestuous relationship as he plans to set up a secret Facebook group for them all.
He said: "I do keep in touch with the families - I’ve left it open to the parents so they [the children] know they can speak to me at any time."
He makes sure he knows exactly who he is donating to and can be fussy, for example he won’t do it if the woman who wants to get pregnant is a smoker.
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What did the public think?
The public were of divided opinion.
Tweets flooded in with one calling it his "vanity project" while others called it "brilliant".
Despite his good intentions, Eamonn Holmes was not impressed either and called it “weird”.
The presenter asked him: “I think it’s weird, I do, I find it weird and I think you’ve really got to ask yourself are you there for the applause as an actor?"
He replied: “I’m not an actor, I do little bit parts in TV and film.”
Not satisfied, Eamonn pressed: “Do you like the attention? Obviously.”
Mitch answered: “The only reason I did the documentary was so that people would know about this because most people don’t know.”