Woman gives birth to her grandchildren

Under Brazilian law, a person may serve as a surrogate mother only if she is closely related to the donor. 

Claudia Michelle de Brito had difficulty conceiving and thus asked her mother, Rosinete Palmeria Serrao, to serve as her surrogate mother.  Rosinete had four of Claudia’s embryos implanted in her.

On September 27, 2007,  Rosinete gave birth via Cesarean section to twin boys.  Thus, she is the birth mother of her two grandchildren.  The potential estate planning issues triggered by this situation could be tremendous!

See Surrogate Gives Birth to Her Own Twin Grandsons in Brazil, FoxNews.com, Sept. 30, 2007.

Special thanks to Mark Killingsworth (J.D. Candidate, Texas Tech University School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.