I saw this done in a documentary shown on channel TLC, where the woman had an ovarian cyst that was very big which led to one of her ovaries taken out. So since she wanted to have kids and her chances were low, she asked her sister if she could have one of her ovaries and she agreed. So the woman’s sister went through a procedure to have one ovary removed so her sister could have one that worked and the whole ovary transplant was successful. So my question is since her sister gave her an ovary would the eggs of that ovary have the woman’s DNA or the DNA of her sister who gave her that ovary. If she was to have a baby who would it look like?
sorry if it sounds so complicated but this really is a serious question.
the transplant did actually work they showed the surgeries and everything and they showed a post op where she said that she started getting periods again after the transplant and said that her and her husband were trying for a baby along with IVF
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1 J G // Nov 9, 2008
They would have the sisters DNA. A female is born with so many eggs in the overys……they do not produce more, the eggs just are matured and releaced. When she lost her overies, she lost the eggs…….she got the sisters overy to get the eggs.
2 raymond m // Nov 9, 2008
I really don’t think that would be successful transplant. The anti-rejection drugs the recipient would have to take would damage the transplanted ovary. The exception would be:
The sisters would have to be identical twin sisters in order for it to work. Identical twins are genetically identical, so the question is moot.
Pregnancy as a result would be extremely unlikely even in that case.
Egg donor artificial insemination is far less invasive and is a proven technology. The only benefit to the ovary transplant would be hormone replacement.
3 Q // Nov 9, 2008
It’s her sister’s ovary, so it’s her sister’s eggs, and the children will have 1/2 of the sister’s genes. The sister will be the genetic mother.