'Kate is my daughter — but the State still does not recognise me as her mammy'
'All we are asking for is that our diverse families have the same rights as yours, that we will finally exist in the eyes of the Irish State.' Stock picture: iStock
My family is small. Just me and my daughter Kate. She is seven, soon to be eight. When people first meet us, they presume Kate’s dad is Indian. He is Irish. Kate was born through surrogacy in Mumbai, India in 2015.
Our situation was inspired by Fiona Whyte’s 2014 documentary on her and her partner Seán Malone’s surrogacy journey and the couple's follow-up book, published in 2017, , which outlined the legal difficulties of having a child through surrogacy in Ireland.
