# IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents over donors in northern Cyprus

https://mins.news/en/item/24762

- BBC News, 2026-08-18 05:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75gv9xnr3po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> At least 30 children, most of them British, are feared to have been conceived in northern Cyprus using sperm or egg donors different from those selected by their parents. Half of the cases involved Dogus IVF Centre. Parents suspect staff misled them, while DNA tests on some children indicated ancestry from Turkey or nearby countries. Cryos International has blacklisted the clinic since 2016.

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