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First gay couple to become fathers in UK expecting fourth child
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1193965/First-gay-couple-fathers-UK-expecting-fourth-child.html
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:42 PM on 18th June 2009
Parents to be: Tony and Barry Drewitt-Barlow with their sons Aspen, Saffron and Orlando in 2004, are expecting their fourth child
Britain's first gay fathers have announced that they are having a fourth child on Valentine's Day.
Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow sparked outrage when they used donated eggs and surrogate mothers in the USA to have their nine-year-old twins Aspen and Saffron and five-year-old son Orlando.
The pair from Danbury in Essex, battled the American authorities to become the first gay couple to have both their names on their children's birth certificates.
The millionaire couple revealed today that a surrogate mother is carrying a fourth child for them, with the possibility of another twin birth.
Barrie, 40, said: "I am really looking forward to Father's Day this year. We had the pregnancy confirmed last night and we are going to find out tomorrow whether it's a singleton or whether it's a twin pregnancy.
Tony, 43, who has battled with throat cancer, added: "It's still early days. I'm a great believer in watch this space, take every day as it comes but it's positive news so far.
They made millions when they sold their clinical research company in 1998 and said they received death threats after becoming parents to twins Aspen and Saffron nine years ago.
Tony said since the arrival of their twins nine years ago the issue of gay parents has become more acceptable.
翻译交流见 板凳
题目翻译的有问题啊,根本看不懂。。。
应该译作:英国首对成为父亲们的同性伴侣盼望他们的第四个孩子
pheily 发表于 2009-6-22 13:15 |
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