BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.adoptionnetwork.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.1 0// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:ed405730-5319-4af3-a0a5-02922a20dbd9 X-WR-CALDESC:Please join us for our monthly DNA Discovery Support Group as we welcome special guest Aaron Long who will be discussing his story and t he documentary film Dad Genes. \n\nAbout the film:\nFor years\, Aaron Long was a happily unmarried man living a single life in Seattle. That all cha nged practically overnight thanks to a 21st-century combination of old-fas hioned curiosity and cutting-edge technology.\nBack in the mid-90s during his carefree twenties\, Aaron had been a sperm donor as an easy way to mak e some extra cash\, earning “forty dollars a pop” for each donation. Over two decades later\, he registers with a DNA-based ancestry site and soon d iscovers he has several known children\, with speculative math suggesting there may be more than 60 others out there.\n\nAaron invites several of hi s newly discovered children to spend time with him at a “Meet My Kids” par ty and not long after\, two of the children\, the mother of one\, and Aaro n’s own aging mother are all living in the same bohemian Seattle co-op\; t hree generations of genetically related strangers building a family from s cratch.\nAfter Aaron shares his saga with The New York Times\, the unlikel y clan experiences growing media exposure and diminishing privacy. And the more his story spreads — the bigger and more complicated it grows.\n\nDad Genes tells a new kind of story\, one that would not even have been conce ivable until very recently. In looking closely at one non-traditional fami ly — led by a man who never particularly wanted one — we get a fresh persp ective on what family means in the 21st century.\n\nAaron Long is a recent ly retired non-profit fund developer\, musician\, and writer. He lives on Vashon Island\, Washington\, with his wife Jessica\, their daughter Alice \, 3 cats and 6 chickens. \n\nMeeting Information:\nThis meeting is a virt ual meeting led by trained\, volunteer facilitators Oliver and M.C.\, held on the first Tuesday of every month from 8-10 pm ET. The meeting is held via the Zoom platform (which can be accessed through a home computer/lapto p\, tablet\, or mobile phone) and will require an internet connection or p hone data connection. Pre-registration is required and can be completed by clicking on the registration button in the right-hand corner of this page and following the prompts for registration. \n\nThe meetings are free an d open to anyone touched by a DNA Discovery. Membership in Adoption Networ k Cleveland helps provide the support that makes DNA Discovery Support Mee tings possible\, and we ask all who attend to consider joining as a member at: https://www.adoptionnetwork.org/get-involved/become-a-member.html X-WR-RELCALID:624a0303f8e2d098c13e462eb0e7b59f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 RDATE:20271107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:60d37db4-3df4-4385-b8b8-8fa67ceda49b DTSTAMP:20260717T201802Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our monthly DNA Discovery Support Group as w e welcome special guest Aaron Long who will be discussing his story and th e documentary film Dad Genes. \n\nAbout the film:\nFor years\, Aaron Long was a happily unmarried man living a single life in Seattle. That all chan ged practically overnight thanks to a 21st-century combination of old-fash ioned curiosity and cutting-edge technology.\nBack in the mid-90s during h is carefree twenties\, Aaron had been a sperm donor as an easy way to make some extra cash\, earning “forty dollars a pop” for each donation. Over t wo decades later\, he registers with a DNA-based ancestry site and soon di scovers he has several known children\, with speculative math suggesting t here may be more than 60 others out there.\n\nAaron invites several of his newly discovered children to spend time with him at a “Meet My Kids” part y and not long after\, two of the children\, the mother of one\, and Aaron ’s own aging mother are all living in the same bohemian Seattle co-op\; th ree generations of genetically related strangers building a family from sc ratch.\nAfter Aaron shares his saga with The New York Times\, the unlikely clan experiences growing media exposure and diminishing privacy. And the more his story spreads — the bigger and more complicated it grows.\n\nDad Genes tells a new kind of story\, one that would not even have been concei vable until very recently. In looking closely at one non-traditional famil y — led by a man who never particularly wanted one — we get a fresh perspe ctive on what family means in the 21st century.\n\nAaron Long is a recentl y retired non-profit fund developer\, musician\, and writer. He lives on Vashon Island\, Washington\, with his wife Jessica\, their daughter Alice\ , 3 cats and 6 chickens. \n\nMeeting Information:\nThis meeting is a virtu al meeting led by trained\, volunteer facilitators Oliver and M.C.\, held on the first Tuesday of every month from 8-10 pm ET. The meeting is held v ia the Zoom platform (which can be accessed through a home computer/laptop \, tablet\, or mobile phone) and will require an internet connection or ph one data connection. Pre-registration is required and can be completed by clicking on the registration button in the right-hand corner of this page and following the prompts for registration. \n\nThe meetings are free and open to anyone touched by a DNA Discovery. Membership in Adoption Network Cleveland helps provide the support that makes DNA Discovery Support Meet ings possible\, and we ask all who attend to consider joining as a member at: https://www.adoptionnetwork.org/get-involved/become-a-member.html DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T220000 LOCATION:Zoom SUMMARY:DNA Discovery Support Group with special guest Aaron Long END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR