Donor IVF baby who says ‘I wish I’d never been born’

Gracie Crane was one of the first children conceived from donor embryo Born before the 1998 Embryology Act, she has no right to know who her biological parents are Despite her parents unconditional love, Gracie says she can't truly feel part of a family that doesn't share her genetics Not knowing who she is makes Gracie wish she'd never been born Gracie wants to be a mother one day, but says her experiences mean she would never have a child through donor conception Every year 2,000 people opt for egg, sperm or embryo donation in Britain

By Helen Carroll

Published: 16:09 EST, 25 June 2014 | Updated: 03:56 EST, 26 June 2014

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Sitting on the stage alongside classmates during her schools annual open day, Gracie Crane scanned the faces of the proud parents before her.

It was like a guessing game, matching each beaming, waving adult in the crowd to the pupil: a cut of a chin, a facial expression, a shock of pale hair. You could usually work out who belonged to whom.

Catching sight of her ginger-haired mother and fair-skinned father filing in, beaming at her, Gracie felt the usual pang of sadness and confusion. For no one in the hall would ever match the beautiful Gracie, with her jet-black hair and coffee complexion, to her parents, leaving her to ask herself once again a question no one in her life can answer: Who am I?

Loving: Dominic and Nita with their daughter Gracie, 16, who longs to meet her genetic parents, despite her family's unconditional love for her

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Donor IVF baby who says 'I wish I'd never been born'