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Melissa Etheridge Says David Crosby Was A Prolific Sperm Donor
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"We're still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world," said Etheridge, who used the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as a sperm donor for two of her children.
Apparently singer Melissa Etheridge wasn’t the only one who had David Crosby’s help in starting a family.
In a People interview published online Tuesday, Etheridge opened up about her decision to use the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as a sperm donor for two of her children. It turns out that Crosby donated his sperm to other couples over the years too, she said.
“We’re still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world,” Etheridge explained. “My daughter’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.’”
Crosby, who died in 2023 at age 81, donated sperm to Etheridge and her then-partner, Julie Cypher, decades ago. With his help, Etheridge and Cypher became parents to a daughter, Bailey Cypheridge, and a son, Beckett Cypher.
“The situation was special with my partner at the time because she had been adopted and she wanted her children to know who their biological father was,” Etheridge told People. “So we weren’t going to go to a sperm bank because she wanted them to know.”