European/Spanish/Moroccan/Israeli Jewish Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 857) Genetic Father is Jewish with Spanish/Moroccan/Israeli heritage.  Anonymous Egg Donor was not Jewish with European heritage.

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Any

Age: Any

Religion: Prefer Jewish.  Will also consider Christian families.

Minimum length of marriage: Any

Current number of children: Any

Level of education: College degree

Contact with adoptive family: All forms of communication are welcome, but not required. The family would like to keep the door open for the genetic siblings to contact each other in the future if they so desire.

European-Jewish Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 217) Genetic Father is Jewish with Eastern European heritage.  Anonymous Egg Donor was not Jewish with Irish/English/German heritage.

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Any

Age: 45 or younger

Religion: Jewish

Minimum length of marriage: 5 years

Current number of children: Prefer less than two

Level of education: Any

Contact with adoptive family: All forms of communication are welcome. The family hopes to maintain communication with the adoptive parents through email and phone calls so their daughter knows she has genetic siblings.

Japanese-Caucasian Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 087)

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Prefer Asian-Caucasian but not a top priority

Age: 30-45

Education: College

Minimum length of marriage: 5 years

Current number of children: 0 or 1

Financial position: Economically secure Hobbies: Physically active

Contact with adoptive family: The genetic family would like to meet the adoptive parents via Skype before the adoption.  Afterward, they would enjoy exchanging photos, emails, and arranging visits.

Asian (Korean/Chinese) Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 076)

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander

Age: 45 years of younger for mother, father can be older

Minimum length of marriage: 3 years

Current number of children: Up to two

Level of education: Some college

Contact with adoptive family: Would like to receive notification of pregnancy and birth. Would be available for any medical questions/needs. Would perhaps be open to occasional contact through pictures and letters through the agency.

Filipino Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 337)

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Any

Age: 25-35

Religion: Christian

Minimum length of marriage: At least five years

Childcare: Stay-at-home mom

Contact with the adoptive family: The genetic family would like to have some contact with the adoptive family, such as exchanging letters and pictures each year.  They are also open to exploring other means of contact.

African American Embryo (Snowflakes® Code 047)

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Any

Age: Age

Religion: Any

Minimum length of marriage: 3 years (also open to a single woman)

Current number of children: Any

Level of education: High school graduates

Contact with adoptive family: None required, but open to contact on holidays or special occasions

African Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 837) Somali heritage.

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Religion: Christian

Minimum length of marriage: Any

Current number of children: Any

Level of education: Any

Contact with adoptive family: Would like an adoptive family willing to send photos.  Is open to meeting the family and children in the future if the family or children so desire.

African American Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 984)

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Any

Age: 30-45

Religion: Christian

Minimum length of marriage: 2 years

Level of education: College degree

Contact with adoptive family: All forms of communication are welcome!  Family hopes to exchange regular updates and have personal visits, if the adoptive family is comfortable.

Northern Indian-Caucasian Embryos (Snowflakes® Code 127)

Preferences for adoptive family

Ethnicity: Any

Age: 35-47

Religion: Christian values

Minimum length of marriage: 3 years

Current number of children: 0-2

Level of education: At least one parent with Bachelor's degree

Contact with adoptive family: Open communication. Want to make sure biological siblings have the ability to contact and meet each other if they desire. Plan to exchange updates regularly, at least once per year. Will share last names, phone number, and email address with adoptive family to facilitate ease of communication.

Snowflake Special Case

Mark and Kathy (names have been changed for confidentiality) have been happily married for 22 years! They were married in 1988 and welcomed their first son in 1991 and their second son in 2001. Both are happy, healthy, thriving young men. Mark and Kathy still did not feel that their family was complete, but at that point they were not able to conceive naturally, so they turned to infertility treatments for help. In 2009 they got their wish and became pregnant with twins through IVF. The embryos were created using Kathy’s eggs and Mark’s sperm. They boys are beautiful, happy and healthy! Mark and Kathy are originally from the Ukraine and they are of the Jewish faith. The family attends a local synagogue and they older boys attended Jewish schools. They are also members of the local Jewish Community Center. They are an active family and enjoy spending time together as a family.

Mark and Kathy write, “as a result of fertility treatment we still have two frozen embryos. We are not planning to have any more children. Still, we feel we have a moral obligation to give these embryos a chance of a life with an adoptive family. After any children are born, we are committed to staying in touch with the adoptive family for the benefit of the children in any way possible, including: communicating over the phone, Internet, mail, etc., providing medical and personal information about our family, and anything else that the adoptive family and the children would desire.”

Mark and Kathy are open to a Jewish or Christian adoptive family. They would prefer that the couple be college educated and financially secure. They would prefer the couple be under the age of 50 and have a stable marriage.

These embryos are waiting for their special parents who know in their hearts they are meant to adopt them.  The parents need to know that Kathy’s blood test showed positive for Hepatitis B Core Total AB.  For more information about these test results, please consult your doctor.

More information about the embryos:

Race—Ukranian/Russian

Number of embryos frozen—two

Date of cryopreservation—February 2009

Stage of embryos frozen—Day 3

If you might be the parent(s) these embryos are waiting for, please complete a preliminary application and email it to Megan Fabian, the Snowflakes® Program Coordinator at megan@nightlight.org.  (Please note somewhere that you are specifically interested in the embryos from Mark and Kathy.)  You will be contacted and may be asked to submit a completed homestudy, an autobiographical profile, and a letter from your doctor confirming your ability to carry a baby.  Mark and Kathy are interested in seeing your autobiographical profile so they can feel comfortable with the family who will love and care for these precious embryos.  You may also be able to review Mark and Kathy’s autobiographical profile, pictures, and medical health history before adopting the embryos.

The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'  Matthew 25:40