So when using this method for picking out your egg donor the answer to the question of if i use donor eggs will the baby look like me is that they probably will but there are no guarantees.
Donor egg baby doesn t look like me.
The genetics of a donor egg because a donor egg won t share any of its genes with its intended mother there s a chance the baby will not resemble its mother.
However they do not determine the type of person your child will become.
There s a light at the end of the horizon.
There are too many variations and unknowns to make that prediction.
Will the baby look like me.
This is a concern of most women who use egg donors.
For couples considering ivf with donor eggs epigenetics suggests that the baby may or may not look like a combination of the egg donor and the egg recipient s partner.
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It is very possible.
It s addressed in this article.
However if her partner s sperm was used the baby may look like its father because they share the same genetics.
Your egg donor baby can look like you.
Even genetically related mothers can t guarantee their child will look like them as genes often skip a generation or are influenced by other factors including the father s genes.
The combination of genes your baby expresses whether recessive or dominant can make it possible for your baby to not physically look like your partner or your donor but a unique combination of the two.