A Central Texas dad with a special reason to celebrate the holiday is giving a different perspective to fatherhood.

We are all familiar with the process of adopting children, but what about the idea of adopting embryos?

Marty and Elizabeth's Story Marty and Elizabeth chose embryo adoption to expand their family. Another family donated their embryo that was frozen for 18 years! Elizabeth was able to carry the baby full term and gave birth to Marley in June.

Embryo "Adoption" Might Provide Another Option For Infertility, But It's Not Perfect Since then, 1,200 couples have donated their embryos, and 500 babies have been born as a result. The program encourages "open adoption" between donors and parents, which is similar to the option given to parents who adopt a baby through an agency.

“We tell her that babies are made by mommy’s seed and daddy’s seed, and she was started by another family and given to us as a big gift,” Joanna said. “And we took those seeds and asked God to help her grow in me.”

'Snowflake' Giving Leftover Embryos a Chance at Life

Because when Kelli discovered she was unable to have her own kids, she found an answer to her prayers in the form of Rebecca, who donated her frozen embryos left over from IVF to Kelli – to allow her to have the family she’d always dreamed of.

Jane speaks to two couples who donated and 'adopted' embryos, and to US legal journalist Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza and bioethicist Lucy Frith of Liverpool University.

We have so many stories to share, and yet fertility struggles happen in private because—let’s be real—it’s painful.

In a new study, British researchers got a sneak peak at what members of these ultramodern families might experience.