Prof. Dr. Angelika Walser works as a Catholic moral theologian and university professor at the University of Salzburg. Together with Ms. Bernadette Breunig, she has put a scientific spotlight on co-parenting: She conducted a qualitative study. In your research, you deal with the topic of family and how it is subject to change. What are…
Filippo has no partner and met Sarah through Familyship. She is single. You can find out more about her story in the ZDF documentary 37° Leben.
In my last relationship, my boyfriend unfortunately didn’t want to have children, so I broke up with him. I initially looked for a co-father on Familyship. I met a few men, but in the end it wasn’t right for me. So I looked for a suitable sperm donor.
I have wanted to become a father for many years. As a gay man, it’s not quite so easy. Adoption or foster parenting were out of the question for me. Nevertheless, I wanted a child, a family. So I started looking for alternative ways and came across Familyship.
I became a Single Mom by Choice in November 2023. My son is now almost 10 months old and my fertility journey began at the end of December 2022. About a year before that, I was toying with the idea of becoming a solo mother. I have been single for about 7 years and nothing…
In my search for a co-parent, I found the love of my life. For me, it’s the most beautiful constellation imaginable for raising a child. And even if our wish to have children doesn’t come true, we have each other.
Stefanie was registered with Familyship for a long time and now lives with the father of her son in a „co-parenting shared flat“. Here she talks about the process, how their son Felix came to be and the advantages and disadvantages of family life in a shared flat.
My name is Adriana, I am 34 years old and the mother of a one-year-old son. I am a lesbian and a single parent by choice, I had my son through a private sperm donation.
Christina and Rebecca found Matthias‘ profile on Familyship and fulfilled their desire to have children at a fertility clinic in Denmark. You can read her story in the Mannschaft Magazin article.
When she gets off the bus and sees me, Milla runs off and jumps into my arms. The gym bag gets tangled up on our legs and we are a tangle of people, jackets and bags. Milla comes back to me on Monday. The following Monday, she jumps into Gianni’s arms. It’s as natural as…
Theodor is sometimes portrayed in this reportage. The co-father found a suitable wife through Familyship, with whom he now has a son (from minute 5.28).
The lesbian couple had a desire for children and eventually met Tom through Familyship five years ago.
Henrike Hartmann is a freelance journalist and has just successfully completed her bachelor’s thesis on the topic of becoming a parent without a romantic relationship. For her thesis, she interviewed four people from Familyship and shed light on their motivation for co-parenting.
Sybille had a son through sperm donation in Switzerland
Vanessa lives with the co-father and her twins in a shared apartment
Nico raises his son alone
Maximilian lives in a co-parenting relationship
A sperm donor often remains in the background and yet he is elementarily involved in the creation of the new life. Falk told Familyship how he deals with this. „I donated at sperm banks, but I realized I didn’t know who would have a child from me. I may not like my parents at all,…
Kathrin lives in a co-parenting relationship