Arthur Kermalvezen and Audrey Kermalvezen married after confirming they were not biological siblings despite both being conceived through sperm donation.
Arthur Kermalvezen and Audrey Kermalvezen met in 2010 at a gathering for donor-conceived activists and described their initial meeting as love at first sight. Because both were conceived through sperm donation in Paris, the couple initially questioned if they were half-siblings.
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French law restricts genetic testing, allowing only research scientists, doctors, or judges to order and supervise tests. The couple eventually found a doctor who broke the law to perform a genetic test, which confirmed they were not related. To be certain, Audrey Kermalvezen challenged the French legal system to use an at-home testing kit, but the highest administrative court rejected her appeal in 2015. Arthur Kermalvezen and Audrey Kermalvezen eventually took a leap of faith and married. A doctor later confirmed that their respective sperm donors were born in different years. Arthur Kermalvezen also took a home DNA test, which further confirmed they were not related. The couple now shares three children and advocates for biological origin access through their association, Origines.