unaccepted at some point in their lives. ♪ and so that made the competition even more fierce. and whether they were winners or losers, i thought that there were a lot of victories today. this is the story of a controversial experiment to create geniuses that began over 30 years ago. >> he wanted to help. the stronger, more intelligent people reproduce more. >> robert graham, an eccentric millionaire, who believed the brain power of the human race was in decline had a solution, selectively breeding for intelligence. >> it was called the repository for germinal choice, and the press got wind of it and people went up in arms. this is tampering with god.

>> hidden amongst us are over 200 children that carry a secret buried deep in their dna. the genetic makeup for academic excellence. >> we as a species do need to make sure that we're not slipping into an idiocracy. >> did the experiment work? >> are you a genius? >> tonight we'll meet the prog againy of the experiment to create genius us and explore the legacy robert graham left behind. >> what is it like to try and create a version of you? >> super weird.

so nine years ago i met this guy. he was 6'4", a doctor, and as it turns out, a pretty good cook. i was instantly interested. i thought this guy could make a good baby daddy. paul and i got married, and several years later decided to start a family, but the journey wasn't easy. after two miscarriages, we were finally successful. when in 2013 we gave birth to our baby girl, jett. >> are you going to help daddy cook? going to help daddy cook? all we cared about was having a healthy baby but, of course, we hoped she'd be smart, too, so for fun we started to test her. where's the turtle. yeah. where's the sea horse?

where's sea horse? yeah. >> let's look. >> did she inherit her father's academic prowess? >> right. >> or will she have more of her mother's outgoing personality? >> give me five. good job. >> jett's genetic hand has been dealt, and only time will tell if she turns out to be our baby genius, but what if you could shop for smarts? it may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but in the 1 0 1980s, one man didn't think so. when robert graham opened the so-called genius sperm bank it caused a media frenzy. >> 30 miles north of san diego is housed a sperm bank said to be made up of donations by nobel prize scientists. >> the sperm is that of robert k. graham who has long been concerned about what he believes

to be the declining genetic endowment of man kind. >> the better the human gene pool, the better the human beings will be who come out of it. the core of the human gene pool, the more useless and detrimental individuals will come out of it. i am interested in improving the human gene pool. >> officially called the repository for germinal choice, its goal was simple but innovative. graham would prescreen men based on their intellectual pedigree. once approved, a donor sheet listing their i.q. and academic accomplishments would be mailed to interested shoppers. over 200 progeny were born from genius sperm, children he hoped would better the human gene pool. the question is, did it work? so 30 years ago what robert graham tried to do in manufacturing genius was hugely controversial but, nevertheless,

he was inundated with people who wanted to utilize the services like a couple who lives in this building here in new york city. >> before finding the repository, adrian and david ram tried for years to conceive naturally but with no success. >> at what point did you realize there was something wrong? >> when we visited the doctors. she turned out to be exceptionally fertile and i was exceptionally infer tile. >> adrian wanted the experience of birth so adoption was out of the question. after hearing about the repository on tv, they decided to check it out. >> so what did you actually read about the repository that struck you? >> really, the basic thing was research into the donor's past, their genetics and their health history number one but number two would be what they had accomplished. >> the donors? >> the donors, yeah. >> the rams applied and their application was quickly accepted. >> i can't believe you still have this brochure. the repository for germinal

choice not only enables the wives to become mothers but increases the chance of giving their children a genetically advantaged start in life. >> and these are donor profiles? you still have these as well? each donor was given a color coded i.d. to protect their identities. donor clear and donor few sha were at the top of the ram's list. >> outstanding intellect with outstanding athletic ability. fair skin, blond hair, professor of a heart science at a major university. he has produced outstanding research. would you say your first child has outstanding intellect with outstanding athletic ability? all of these donors sound pretty extraordinary. executive arrow scientist. graduate involved in genetic research. i would have a hard time with these. >> on paper they're all amazing. >> david, i just have to ask you as you're thumbing through some of these donor profiles and

seeing these extraordinary accomplishments and physical characteristics, did you feel at all any kind of inferiority complex or insecurities? >> well, there was some insecurity, but not about them. their part is done. they've provided the sperm. the really difficult part in my view is raising them and being a father and that's going to be up to me. >> the decision had been made and an order placed. donor clear, professor of a heart science at a major university, outstanding intellect and exceptional athletic ability. >> so this big canister shows up in the mail? >> yeah, it shows up fed ex. >> yeah. and then like a sci-fi movie, take the lid off the tank and all this smoke comes out and everything. it was a learning experience for me. an eye opener to say the least. >> the insemination was a success on the first try.

nine months later the rams welcomed their first child, leandra into the world. >> right away she had a voice. oh, my goodness. >> academically accomplished and vocally talented growing up, leandra found a successful career singing opera, but she wasn't the only ram child to succeed. ecstatic about leandra's birth, the ramps went back to the repository in hopes of donor clear's sperm for a second child. they hit a snag. >> how many children could each donor have? >> they could sire ten children. >> when we were so happy with clear having our daughter leandra was no longer available because he had sired ten children. >> after another church, fuschia stuck out, an olympic gold medalist, i.q. not tested but

i.q. superior. courtney was born in 1988. the ram's second child. >> did you see olympic qualities in her? >> yes, yes, i do. she's very strong and she has all the qualities of a great artist. >> hi. welcome. >> my family's very, very artsy. i think the environment plays such a large part in who we become and how that child -- how that person is nurtured throughout their life and what experiences they have, i think that shapes them just as much as their genes for sure. >> what were you like as a kid? >> as a kid? well, i remember being really happy all the time. i had this great friendship, relationship with my siblings, older sister. i felt really free, free to do whatever i wanted, free to take ballet lessons, take piano lessons, take art classes.

i was really supported. >> how did you to in school? >> i always actually loved school. i did really well. for the most part i got like straight a's. >> would you say academics kind of came naturally to you? >> yes, for sure. >> had you ever felt pressure to live up to the genius moniker? >> from the outside i never felt any pressure. i have a lot of goals and a lot of things i'm working towards in my life. it's really just who i sort of am. >> the rams would have one more child through the repository. they went back to donor fuschia and courtney was given a biological brother, logan. while his birth was a blessing to the family, somewhere along the way they noticed a change in him. >> there was definitely a stop in the development. he seemed to go more inside himself. >> logan would later be diagnosed with pdd, pervasive

developmental disorder, a form of autism. >> he knows there's only so much you can control with genetics at this point in our history. i mean, i didn't know that my third child would be under autistic spectrum. i didn't have any control over that. you don't know what's going to happen. even when you try to increase the chances of something going one way, you still -- it's completely -- >> what you're doing is increasing the chances, that's it, because there are so many impossible number of variations and permutations involved in creating a human being. >> whether you have your baby naturally or through artificial insemination or ivf, it's just impossible to know what kinds of characteristics your child is

going to have. you just can't know. all you can do is provide love. >> when robert graham died in 1997, the genius sperm bank followed closely behind and with it decades of recordkeeping and files were relocated. after digging, we found a man in the midwest who decided to talk on camera sharing the details of a life that's had many twists and turns. because beautiful skn goes with everything. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™.

there were over 200 kids born from the repository over a 18-year period. some of them are still quite young and may not even know that they were born using sperm from the repository. kids are spread out all over the united states, but there's a pan here in rural illinois who has agreed to talk to us. >> i was very lucky, because the

two elements that go into a person, nature and nurture, i had the best of both worlds, really. >> genius can be found in many places. but on top of a roof is not where i expected to find one of the progeny. >> hey, tom. >> hey, lisa. >> how you doing? >> not bad. yourself? >> it's toasty out here. how long have you been roofing? >> this is my second year. >> how do you like it? >> it's actually really fun. you get to work outside all the time. i get to work with all my friends. >> do the guys you work with know that you are progeny from the genius sperm bank? >> some of them knew. some of them i'm okay sharing my background with. >> there might be a lot of people surprised to see someone from the genius sperm bank out here doing manual labor. what do you think? >> it's been kind of a winding road that's brought me here. >> 29-year-old tom's genetic journey began at birth. his parents never told him about his genetic past, raising him just like any other child.

but on the inside, written in his dna was the genetic code for academic excellence. >> did you do well in school? >> oh, yeah. very well in school. when i got to high school, i actually started taking college courses as a freshman. i have a near eidetic memory. when i read something or hear it, it recalls faster than most people. >> you've been that way since you were a kid? >> yes. it's horribly frustrating when the class moves at the pace of the slowest kid. you're on the other end of the spectrum and you're constantly bored. >> were you a popular kid? >> no. those don't go hand in hand. >> were you a nerd? >> yes. definitely a nerd, the outcast. >> are these all your books? >> yeah. that's not all of them. that's a good amount of them. this is probably the most appropriate. >> "brave new world"?

>> yes. had this forever. borrowed it from the library. it's actually all about eugenics and the future and the impacts that eugenics can have. this is all designer babies, built to be alphas, betas, deltas and have a social class that's pre-determined. >> do you think tom's a genius? >> i think he is very, very intelligent, yes. >> 30 years ago, tom's mother mary wanted to start a family but after years of trying, she wasn't getting pregnant. >> we went through all the fertility testing and everything was fine with me. we went through testing for him and we found out he had a problem. >> unable to have a biological child through her husband, the only option was to use a sperm bank, and their doctor recommended the repository. >> so how important was the intelligence factor? in your decision to go with the repository? >> to me, that was huge. because i always felt that intelligence equals success in

life, usually. if you're like in a situation where i was where my husband and i could not have our own child, and you have to pick characteristics, it's only the smart thing to do to try to stack the deck in your child's favor. and to try to get the best that you can get for your child. >> mary ended up picking donor coral, an iq of 160 at age 9 and a professional man of high standing. nine months later, tom was born. given the source, expectations were high. >> did your mother ride you a lot as a kid? >> yes. yes. my mom pushed me. you have more potential than this. you can do better. keep working. keep doing your homework. >> so she had certain expectations of you? >> yes. >> i just always felt he would be smart. there was something i just expected. >> because of -- >> and i think, yes. i'm sure that influenced me. >> while his mother was always

driving tom forward, his father was noticeably absent from the home, growing more distant from him as time passed. what tom suspected but didn't know was that his dad wasn't his biological father. and the secret was close to coming out. >> i could tell that there was definitely a rift between me and my dad growing up. >> did you feel like you had much in common with your dad? >> no. we're two completely different people. >> i weighed is this going to be emotionally harder for him if i tell him or harder for him if i don't tell him? >> i was 15 years old, i could tell that there were secrets and that there were things that she was keeping from me. and i really pushed her to find out what it was. >> what did your mother actually say when she finally relented and told you? >> that i didn't have to worry about my dad's genes, because i wasn't related to him anyway. you hit the genetic lottery.

you have about the best genes that you can possibly get. i made sure of that. i went through the repository for germinal choice. >> tom's future now seemed bright. filled with limitless potential. but life was about to throw him and his high school girlfriend a huge curve ball. >> i got my wife pregnant at 16. i've had a son since i was 17. after i got out of high school, i knew that she was pregnant. four days later i had a full-time job and was working 40 hours a week and contributing and being there for him. i have two children. i am financially responsible for. i am committed to providing the best environment that i can for them. you know it's over right now already, right? >> might be. >> no, it is. >> how is it already over?

>> oh, no. no. you know better. >> faced with raising a family at such a young age, college would have to wait. but manual labor wasn't tom's first choice to make a living. he had something a little more unconventional in mind. >> the main reason i ended up going into roofing is because i have a family in my background for production of cannabis. >> how did you get into that? >> i actually was interested in the biology and science behind it. >> of course you were. >> in the selectively breeding for traits, i picked the best ten plants, and those would be my mothers that i would seed and create my next generation. >> so you were a product of selective breeding. you happened to take up a keen interest in selective breeding. kind of ironic.

>> i have a strong interest in it. attention grows where interest goes. i have heirloom strains that i've created for my children to pass along to them some day. it's going to be legal in the united states some day. and i got a felony for being ahead of my time a little bit. >> a man ahead of his time. it begs the question, who was tom's biological father. did he, too, think outside the box? a step ahead of the rest? after an exhaustive search. tom had a real name and phone number. >> so you're sitting by the phone, and what are you thinking? >> i'm just, i'm wondering what's going to be on the other end. who's going to call me. is it going to be a lawyer? a doctor? what kind of a person am i going to be meeting? >> imagine finding out that the person you always thought was your father isn't and that you had genius genes from someone else. it puts pressure on him to live

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tom is one of the over 200 progeny born from the sperm bank. an experiment to populate the

world's gene pool with smart genes. after years of searching for his biological father, they finally connected on the phone. the mystery of half his family tree was about to be solved. >> the phone call comes. i start talking with him. and he's a normal person. he's just a regular person like me. he's made mistakes. he's had triumphs tribulations. >> after the call they agreed to meet in person several months later. tom came face-to-face with a father he only knew as donor coral, an m.i.t. graduate and a man of high standing. >> is that your biological dad? >> that's my biological dad and my two half sisters. >> whoa, god, tommy, you really look like him. >> i really see it. >> you really look like him. what was that like, this man that you'd never known that you just found out about and then seeing yourself so profoundly in him?

>> it was just really, really eerie, it was like looking into a mirror and seeing myself 20 years from now. >> who was donor coral? why was he selected for the repository for germinal choice? i was about to find out. >> hello? >> hi, ben? >> hey, good morning. >> donor coral, real name benjamin, agreed to speak with us on the phone. >> to give children a good start in life as possible and intelligence to help people in life. >> did your educational pedigree, was that one of the reasons why you were somewhat sought after as a donor? >> quite possible. i have a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and worked for a year in the space shuttle program in computer work. and then i went to law school. so i thought it seemed like a good idea. >> and how many times did you

donate for the repository? >> maybe about 25 or 30. >> 25 or 30? >> perhaps, yeah. >> do you know how many of those donations resulted in a child? >> i have only heard of one or two children being born. >> do you remember the questions robert graham asked you or what the application process was like? >> there were very few people that worked directly with robert graham, but julianna was one of them. from 1980 to 1985 she helped him track down the best and brightest sperm in the states. >> what were the prerequisites for becoming a donor for the repository? >> well, number one, women wanted good health. number two, they wanted good looks. number three, they wanted

brilliance. [ laughter ] >> how would you go about recruiting them, and what was your pitch? >> can you imagine doing, you know, it wasn't easy to get a donor. they kind of go, like, why are you in my office? and i said, well, you have some genetic material and there are some people out there that could use that. they would like to have a child. >> what kinds of places would you visit in your recruiting efforts? >> cal tech. >> julianna traveled up and down the west coast, dropping in on elite college campuses to recruit dean's list students. >> i'd take the tanks of liquid nitrogen in dr. graham's cadillac and drive up to cal tech and talk to the students. and they say, you want to meet the genius of the whole school? that's his office.

so i'd go knock on his office door. and tell him this whole story. and he said, okay. >> he slid in the bathroom and provided a sample? >> yeah. i thought, whoa, that is so cool. >> why do you think the repository became known as the nobel sperm bank? >> oh, that was the press. it was called the repository for germinal choice. and press got wind of it, and boy, oh, boy, they just went to town with it. >> once one starts down this path, which is based on false assumptions in my view, you not only start thinking in terms of science fiction about improving the breed, you also start thinking about controlling the breeding of people whom we don't like. i think we've all seen where that leads in nazi germany, not that long ago. >> the idea of selective breeding was enough to cause headlines. but the biggest pr blowout would come from one of their

controversial donors. >> i think graham is dealing with questions that are of vast importance to the future of man kind and which are now being effectively buried. people are unwilling to look at it. >> william shockley, inventor to the transistor believed in graham's mission but shockley was well-known at the time for his racist views, espousing his belief that whites were genetically superior to blacks. shockley was eventually dropped as a donor and robert graham maintained that the sperm bank was just about the preservation about intelligent genes. >> we're not thinking in terms of a super race, we're thinking in terms of a few more creative, intelligent, useful individuals who would otherwise never have been born. >> nobody understood it. they understand it now. it was severe. gosh, i would say dr. graham, how can you take this?

and he said, it's fine. because publicity is good for us. and it was. because that phone never stopped ringing. we never had enough sperm. >> as far as sperm banks went, why was the repository so unique? >> because we screened the donor. because we cared about the genetic material that the recipient would receive. we cared about the child. you know? >> look, what robert graham tried to do 30 years ago was hugely controversial, but it's undeniable that he was a pioneer and that he was the first person to allow couples and women a choice in who their donor would be. these days those who need it are able to choose from the best quality and pedigree when it comes to sperm and even eggs. and ultimately, if given the choice, wouldn't you want to give your child the best opportunities possible?

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the sperm bank industry has changed drastically since the heyday of 35 years ago. what graham pioneered, the screening of traits for intelligence, is now commonplace.

this is fairfax cryobank, inside this building, billions of sperm have been collected, all for a shot at creating a baby. >> have you used a microscope before? >> not since seventh grade, but i'm seeing a plethora. wow, they're fast little buggers. >> how much sperm is in a specimen? >> 20 million will be produced in one man. >> dr. michelle audi is the overseer of this and she oversees the collection in the cry owe tank. >> is it hard to become a donor? >> it's a rigorous screening progress. we want high-quality guys. less than 1% will make it through. >> less than 1%. >> less than 1%. statistically, it's easier to get into an ivy league school

than it is to get into the fairfax donor program. >> that's wild. >> yes. >> thank you for calling, this is chantelle, how can i help you today? >> we live in a competitive world. now more than ever, parents are looking to give their kids every possible advantage. they come here looking for genetic material to do just that. >> okay. donor 4315, scottish, hazel eyes. brown hair. right now he has two ici vials available. >> they're searching for genes to help them create kids that are healthy, good-looking and smart. but whose dna is in such high demand? >> a sperm donor is about to arrive to leave a sample. and he's agreed to talk to us, but we cannot show his face, because anonymity is of the utmost importance, but i do have this extensive 15-page profile about him. so i know a lot about him. i know he has blue eyes, likes pizza, he has a dog. he plays golf and did track and played football.

i know his gpa. based on this description, i'm thinking tom brady. >> hi. >> morning. >> lisa. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. not exactly tom brady, but you're just as handsome. >> thank you. >> thanks for talking to us. do you want to have a seat? >> sure. >> so how long have you been doing this? >> a little over a year and a half, i think. i'm one of the more prevalent donors. i was asked to donate more than just once a week, so i do it twice weekly. >> even among the 1%, this donor is elite, desirable for both his academic background and the high motility of his sperm. basically, he's got olympic quality swimmers. >> this is where the magic happens, huh? >> this is it. small little room. it's like a doctor's office, basically, with a leather couch and television. >> it's not the most intimate

place, but you have multiple ways that you can get in the mood, magazines in the cupboard and the television and you can use your imagination. >> and are there things that you are supposed to do before you come in? >> yeah. you're supposed to stay abstinent for 72 hours before you come in, that puts a little damper on your personal life, especially if you're a twice a week donor. >> after this you go to work and have the rest of your day? >> exactly. >> i guess i will excuse myself now. >> all right. >> once the deed is done, it's on to the deep freeze. donations are frozen in a vault of liquid nitrogen, suspended in mid swim until it's their time to shine. >> so about how much sperm is being housed here? >> tens of thousands of individual cryo vials. from hundreds of donors are

stored in these tanks. >> and how long does it keep for? >> technically, we're not sure how long, but we do have a successful pregnancy from sperm that was 29 years. >> that's amazing. >> under this roof, millions of potential babies are suspended in these tanks, a mind-boggling catalog for those searching for the perfect sperm. but today, the donor isn't always a man. infertility can be a problem for women, but science has opened doors here too. and for couples seeking donor eggs, there are just as many choices. >> is it unnatural to choose characteristics off a list when conceiving a baby? yes. is it wrong? i don't believe that it is.

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we've been talking a lot about sperm and characteristics of sperm donors, but what happens when you're a woman and you have fertility issues? we're in a rural part of oregon to meet a couple who is dealing with exactly that. holly, an english teacher met john over nine years ago. they married and put down roots,

planning to start a family, but after years of trying to get pregnant naturally, they weren't having any success. what was that like? you two are young, have been trying so long and not be able to get pregnant? >> it's frustrating. >> yeah. >> it was. i felt like something about me was broken. and the thing i wanted most in the world, a baby, was being kept from me. >> at the time, the quality of holly's eggs seemed okay, and while john's sperm count was low, the doctor said there was still a fighting chance they could have kids through ivf, in vitro fertilization. several embryos were created and subsequently frozen, a stock of potential babies ready to be born. the first egg implantation took, and their son ezra was born nine months later. >> i don't know. >> what is this letter?

>> a. >> at what point did you decide you definitely wanted to try to have another? >> well, we knew for sure that we wanted more than one. so we had these five frozen embryos back at this clinic and said we want to transfer these guys. >> they tried to get pregnant, but one by one, the frozen embryos weren't working, and finally their stockpile was emptied. >> that was really crushing, because now are you out of everything. and i'm three years older, and they started to wonder about why these other embryos hadn't taken. to my great surprise i learned that my ovarian reserve had been extremely low and had been extremely low three years before. >> ezra's birth was an anomaly. in moving forward there was no

chance of another successful pregnancy with holly's own eggs. if holly and john wanted another child they'd have to either adopt or find an egg donor. >> the idea to use donor eggs was just instant -- >> it really was. in that very consultation meeting, let's just move into talking about the donor eggs? what's the next step? how do we keep moving along on this time line? >> determined to have another child, their search for the perfect donor is under way, every day she goes online where hundreds of egg donor agencies thrive. they act as brokers between recipients and donor navigating the tricky waters of medical, legal and travel logistics. while it's a bit of an understatement, the hardest part is picking the right donor, and there are many to choose from. >> there are a million things that you can choose. >> about how many profiles have you looked at already? >> oh, my goodness. thousands. >> really? >> yeah. for me, it's almost like a chance to improve upon yourself.

you're looking at these donors, and you're, like, i always wanted to be taller. let's check that in. maybe we can get somebody with brown eyes and brown hair who's 5'9" instead of 5'4". >> what kind of characteristics are most important to you in a donor? >> would a ged only be acceptable? no. would high school graduate only be acceptable? no. somebody in college? absolutely. >> she graduated ten years ago but hasn't pursued any advanced degree. >> right. >> so that's kind of a red flag. >> yeah. probably wouldn't go with her. >> was in a lot of clubs and sports, drill team, cheer team, honor roll. >> i'm starting to see how this can be overwhelming. a flood of medical history, academic accomplishments and photos. but after scrolling through a couple of profiles, we stumbled upon one holly hasn't seen before. >> 3.5 gpa. >> multi-lingual.

>> she's been in both college and high school. she considers herself to be a meta cognitive person. >> this is a highly intelligent young lady we're dealing with. >> i ware my heart on my sleeve, and i am a quote, go-getter. >> oh, i like it. a go-getter. that's what we were looking for. you're good luck. >> you are good luck. we may have to name her after you for finding our donor. >> while this prospect shows promise, the price tag is high, up to $10,000 for proven donors with successful birthrates. there's no guarantee for success, but it's not stopping them. >> the important thing to me is to be a mom. if i can find somebody who, you know, looks sort of like me, has some of the characteristics that i do, then i really am okay with that.

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my journey has taken me from coast-to-coast, in search of couples not only struggling to create a family but trying to give their kids the best genetic advantages they can.

>> since its inception there's been a lot of hoopla surrounding the repository. they're breeding genius kids. how have you dealt with that over the years? >> well, we fess up to it, yeah. we've got genius kids. we're going to take over the world, all 200 and some of us, yes, indeed. we make light of it really. >> i think it all has to do with what you give to your family, what you -- how you go through your struggles and your times together, the good times and the bad times. >> you were derived from this reputed genius sperm bank. >> mm-hm. >> are you a genius? [ laughter ] >> i really believe that there's genius in every person. i have a lot of, like, passion that i like to drive, i guess motivation, and i think that i pour that whatever i'm doing, and i see that in my sister, definitely. and in my own way i see that in my brother as well. if that's what robert graham

wanted i feel like we are doing that as well. >> in my opinion his real lasting legacy is that there are now this group of children who may have been selectively bred to be more intelligent. and maybe they will make some lasting impact in the sciences. maybe they will do something really good for the human race. his legacy is up in the air until all those kids have gone their full life-span and you can actually measure their accomplishments. i have to do something with the gifts that i've been given. i have to do something. i can't just sit on the couch. >> why do you feel this way? >> it's a responsibility. i feel like since i have children, i have a stake in the future, in their future, and i have to make the world a better place for them too. >> do you think you all revolutionize the idea of choice in choosing genetic material for your donor? >> i know we did. i suppose he started out with

high ideals, but as time went on, he would realize that this is not so easy. he tried to recruit less people. his dream, then, was if there are sperm banks, they should change. and it has. >> the idea of hedging your bets with a smart donor is now commonplace. but what does it mean for the future? will there come a day when we can design our children from scratch? to pick only the best and brightest traits for them? even if that brave new world is around the corner, would we even want it? wouldn't it take away the wonder of watching a child grow up? >> you know, it's anyone's guess as to whether jet is going to be smart or successful, but as far as we're concerned, she can be anything she wants to be. anything she wants to be. come on, let's rock out.

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