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I wonder if they'd throw the same tantrum if you get a vasectomy.
If they're the type of person to lament the ending of their bloodline like this? 1,000% they'd throw the same kind of tantrum at anything that meant you weren't gonna "continue the family name" for them. Perhaps less intense because vasectomies can be reversed but the gut feeling from most people I've talked to is that HRT permanently sterilizes you.
Side note, I never understood that whole paternalistic model of family structure. Like, I understand that it arose because patriarchal society and such, but you'd think that the female children would be the ones "continuing the bloodline" if anything right? The baby is literally growing inside of them connected to her blood supply. Mitochondrial DNA is passed from the mother's side. Like you'd think someone concerned with continuing their bloodline would want a girl right? But no.
I mean don't most people get sperm (or eggs? does testosterone make ftm people infertile too?) cryogenically preserved before doing either of those anyway just in case? I know that's what I want to do on the off chance I someday decide I want a child and don't want to adopt for some reason. So in that case literally the only difference to the wannabe grandparent is "oh no what if my grandchild isn't conceived by my child having sex" which is just creepy.
I definitely didn't. If I ever have a kid (unlikely) they're going to be adopted, I don't have a need to spread my genes.