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Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination

Author	Peter J. Boni

Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination

Peter J. Boni

How do we get to be who we are? We all have a story. I thought I knew mine…poor kid with a dysfunctional childhood made good, combat veteran, high tech CEO. Except that I accidentally discovered the shock of my life in 1995 (at age 49)…my genetics weren’t what I thought. “Dad” wasn’t biological. I was “misattributed” , a word totally unfamiliar to me. My birth certificate and DNA didn’t jive. And I learned an added shocker…2 to 4 percent of us (some experts believe that number is much higher) have joined this genealogical bewilderment club. How can that be? Not adopted or a product of an extra marital affair, I learned that, like me, over a million people were “semi-adopted” in a hush-hush process where parents were fully complicit…artificial insemination by an anonymous donor.

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How a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial insemination

By his forties, Peter J. Boni was an accomplished CEO, with a specialty in navigating high-tech companies out of hot water. Just before his fiftieth birthday, Peter’s seventy-five-year-old mother unveiled a bombshell: His deceased father was not his biological father. Peter was conceived in 1945 via an anonymous sperm donor. The emotional upheaval upon learning that he was “misattributed” rekindled traumas long past and fueled his relentless research to find his genealogy. Over two decades, he gained an encyclopedic knowledge of the scientific, legal, and sociological history of reproductive technology as well as its practices, advances, and consequences. Through twenty-first century DNA analysis, Peter finally quenched his thirst for his origin.

In Uprooted, Peter J. Boni intimately shares his personal odyssey and acquired expertise to spotlight the free market methods of gamete distribution that conceives dozens, sometimes hundreds, of unknowing half-siblings from a single donor. This thought-provoking book reveals the inner workings—and secrets—of the multibillion-dollar fertility industry, resulting in a richly detailed account of an ethical aspect of reproductive science that, until now, has not been so thoroughly explored.

Peter J. Boni

Peter J. Boni credits his disruptive childhood, a state college education from The University of Massachusetts@Amherst, decorated on-the-ground service as a US Army Special Operations Team Leader in Vietnam (coined his “Rice Paddy MBA”), love of his family and friendship circle, plus luck-of-the-draw DNA with making him the person he has become today...a best-selling author, senior advisor, acclaimed speaker, fun-loving grandfather, and an advocate for the rights of the donor-conceived.

In his latest book, Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination, Peter intimately shares his personal odyssey and acquired expertise on the scientific, legal and sociological history and evolution of the multi-billion-dollar assisted reproductive technology industry. He was aghast to learn that it conceives dozens, sometimes hundreds, of unknowing half-siblings from a single gamete donor (sperm, egg, or embryo)—over one million children and adults whose ranks have grown by 50 percent just within the last decade. The breeding of puppies enjoys greater regulatory oversight.

During his accomplished business career (high-tech CEO, venture capitalist, board chairman, non-profit leader, award-winning entrepreneur), Peter has applied “lessons of leadership through adversity” from his life-altering experiences. He has learned to never underestimate the importance of attracting, retaining, and rewarding well-trained, capable people who can think out of the box, navigate complexity,and work as a team—themes found throughout his first book, All Hands on Deck: Navigating Your Team Through Crises, Getting Your Organization Unstuck, and Emerging Victorious.

An inspiring public speaker with a storytelling, audience-participation style, Peter enjoys an active physical regimen, entertaining and sailing with friends and family while at his Cape Cod residence and traveling with his wife to, among other locales, San Francisco and New York City to visit their growing family.