A Southern California sperm bank, Cryobank, has a new program to spur customers in this recession. It has started to match its donors with celebrities they resemble. This way customers could end up with a Ben Affleck-like or a George Clooney-like donor. How do they determine the look-alikes? A facial-recognition program? No, there is a sort of discussion committee at the Cryobank that simply puts pictures of their existing roster of sperm donors up on a creen while they debate who the person most looks like.
And therein lies the rub: donors must remain anonymous. That means that pictures of the donors cannot be revealed to those utilizing their donations. However, that doesn't mean their celebrity look-alikes can't be revealed to the hopeful parents.
Honestly, though, genetics is far more complex than simply looking like someone. Particularly in sports; someone who looks like Warren Moon isn't going to necessarily produce an NFL QB.
Watch the video report, from the Today show last Friday:
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