Table II.

Questions adolescents who are interested in the surrogate or donor would like to ask them.

Question topic	Number of children who would like to ask about this	Examples
Reasons for surrogacy/donation	11	‘What made you consider donating?’ (SD) ‘What made you like want to donate to like a complete stranger?’ (ED) ‘Why did you decide to be a surrogate mother?’ (TS)
Interests	7	‘Do you get involved in any like, sport activities?’ (SD) ‘Do you have any animals?’ (ED)
Experience and feelings about surrogacy/donation	4	‘What was it like? How did you get approached about it? And how do you feel about it all?’ (ED) ‘How did it feel? Are you happy you did it?’ (TS)
Surrogate/donor’s family	4	‘If he has any children of his own’ (SD) ‘Are you married?’ (ED)
Circumstances at time of surrogacy/donation	3	‘Maybe how old was he when he donated’ (SD) ‘Did you know my mum at the time?’ (GS)
Knowledge or thoughts about family formed through surrogacy/donation	3	‘Have you ever given any thought to the people you donated eggs to?’ (ED) ‘Did you ever want to meet us?’ (ED)
Children conceived using same surrogate/donor	3	‘I’d ask her how many times she’s done it, the surrogacy’ (TS) ‘Have you met any other people who are your children?’ (SD)
Appearance	1	‘I would love to know what she looks like’ (ED)
Contact	1	‘Would you like to get in contact… would you like to keep in contact?’ (TS)
Background	1	‘Where are you from?’ (SD)
No questions	1

SD = sperm donation; ED = egg donation; TS = traditional surrogacy; GD = gestational surrogacy.