Woman learns her mother’s fertility doctor is her biological father
A Texas woman’s world was turned upside down when she took a genetic history test and learned that a sperm donor she believed was her father, wasn’t her dad – her mother’s fertility doctor was.
Eve Wiley, 31, spent years looking for her father after she learned she was conceived by artificial insemination in 1987. Fourteen years ago she traced her mother’s sperm donor Steve Scholl – known as Donor #106 – and over time they’ve built a loving father-daughter relationship.
But that relationship was rocked when she took genetic history tests on 23andMe and Ancestry.com and learned that her true father was fertility doctor Dr. Kim McMorries.
McMorries had quietly mixed in his sperm with that of the donor after the donor sperm failed to impregnate Wiley’s mother Margo Williams after five tries.
He used his own sperm that he donated to a sperm bank from his medical school days – and succeeded in getting her pregnant.
But he didn’t tell a soul.
Dr. McMorries has now defended his actions, claiming they were ‘acceptable practice for the times.’
‘I had no idea, 33 years ago, the importance of an offspring’s desire to know their biological identity. At that time, the anonymity was supposed to be permanent,’ he added.
Texas woman Eve Wiley, 31, was shocked to learn that her mother’s fertility doctor Dr. Kim McMorries (right) is her biological father after he artificially inseminated her mother using his own semen, without her knowledge. The truth finally came to light after Wiley took 23andMe and Ancestry.com tests.
‘I said “Oh s**t. That is my mom’s fertility doctor.” I think at that point it was — I was just in shock. I was in shock,’ Wiley said on learning her true father’s identity on ABC’s 20/20
Margo Williams (pictured) was artificially inseminated by her fertility doctor Dr. Kim McMorries after Williams and her husband experienced fertility problems
Woman finds out her biological dad was her mom’s fertility doctor.
But the truth finally came to light when Wiley decided to learn more abut her family and medical health history and took the genetic 23andMe and Ancestry.com tests.
The hits however, didn’t match that of her believed sperm donor father Scholl who she spent years developing a close relationship with.
‘I call him dad. We say I love you,’ Wiley told the Dallas Morning News, referring to Scholl, ‘We spend holidays together and he actually officiated at my wedding.’
The hits of her genetic family tree matched her to someone in east Texas – where neither Scholl or his family ever lived. After she found a biological first cousin and traded information, she learned the truth.
‘I have one uncle,’ her first cousin said when Wiley asked him about his family. ‘He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, and his name is Kim McMorries.’
‘I said “Oh s**t. That is my mom’s fertility doctor.” I think at that point it was — I was just in shock. I was in shock,’ Wiley said on ABC’s 20/20.
Neither Wiley nor her mother ever knew that McMorries had used his semen in the procedure.
The family even has a picture showing McMorries carrying her in his arms after delivering her.
‘It looks like he’s holding me like a prize. You can see him smiling through his mask with his eyes, and he’s holding me up… It’s his little secret,’ Wiley said on the photo.
