Gay Fathers, Twin Sons The Citizenship Case That Captured the World

By Nancy L. Segal

The January 2018 headline story in the Los Angeles Times was riveting. Andrew from the United States and Elad Dvash-Banks from Israel married in Canada and conceived fraternal twins, Aiden and Ethan, with a Canadian surrogate. While unplanned given the uncertainties of in vitro fertilization, Aiden was fathered by Andrew and Ethan was fathered by Elad,

Andrew and Elad wished to raise their children in the United States, and after repeated DNA testing required by the American Consulate in Toronto, two envelopes arrived at their home, bearing both welcome and dreaded news: United States citizenship was offered to Aiden, whose father was a US citizen, but not to Ethan, whose father was Israeli. And, thus, their ground-breaking legal journey began. The couple’s high-profile lawsuit nearly reached the US Supreme Court, capturing worldwide attention along the way.

Nancy L. Segal, PhD, is a Psychology Professor, and Director and Founder of the Twin Studies Center at California State University, Fullerton. She has authored over 300 scholarly articles and eight books. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Atlantic Monthly. She has appeared on national and international TV, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, the Today Show and the BBC. Segal lives and works in southern California.

The lifely account of a legal battle that threatened to keep a loving family out of the US.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

August 2023

264 pages

26 illustrations

Hardback

978 1 5381 7125 7 eBook

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Family & Relationships • Siblings