Filippo & Sarah met through Familyship and are now co-parents
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.
Three parents, one child: our path to the modern family
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.
Stefanie on co-parenting in a shared flat
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.
Theodor became a co-father via Familyship
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).
Emmy and Anne found their co-father on Familyship
The lesbian couple had a desire for children and eventually met Tom through Familyship five years ago.
“With twins, a second guardian is very helpful”
Vanessa lives with the co-father and her twins in a shared apartment
“Legally, there is virtually no basis for this family model in Austria”
Maximilian lives in a co-parenting relationship
“For the first few months, the father did not establish a relationship with our baby”
Kathrin lives in a co-parenting relationship
“Our family model is very modern and there are many critics”
Andrea is a single parent with two children
What is co-parenting?
< all questions & answers In co-parenting, at least two adults who are not in a romantic relationship find themselves raising their offspring together. Sexual orientation is secondary in co-parenting. Possible constellations are single people or multi-parent families, where more than two adults take care of the offspring. This can happen when a couple constellation…
“Letting go in infancy was difficult for me”.
Christine lives as a solo mother in a co-parenting relationship
Six years of co-parenting: Jennifer reports from the beginnings to today
My name is Jennifer, 41 years old and I have been co-parenting for almost 7 years. Our daughter is now turning 6 and was pretty much the best, bravest, craziest decision I’ve ever made. I separated from my partner at the age of 34 because he didn’t want to have children.
Co-Parenting: Bibiane & Rüdiger
At the beginning of my search, for a father for my child, I didn’t even realize that I would be living co-parenting later. It was always important to me that my child knows where his roots are and has a dad who cares for the child and also supports me in educational matters and personally….
Co-parenting: Jacqueline, Denny and Emilian
Denny is gay. On Familyship he met Jacqueline, who is single. ZDF (37 degrees) shows their story of how they came to have their son Emilian.
Our Familyship Baby
Christine is one of the two founders of Familyship. In this blog, she shares her story from wanting a child to the daily life of her co-parenting family.