A 32-year-old man, who began selling his sperm in college for US$100 a piece in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, is on a mission to meet all 96 of his long-lost children.

According to Mirror US, Dylan Stone-Miller is equipped with a spreadsheet containing all of their names and his unique sperm bank ID. So far, Dylan has reportedly met 25 of them.

All 96 children were a product of Dylan’s sperm donation, which he did because of legal troubles. The Georgia man had been arrested for underage drinking while studying psychology at Georgia State University. His parents were unwilling to cover lawyer expenses, so he turned to Xytex, which is a sperm bank in Atlanta.

He sold his little swimmers for $100 a piece over six years. He had given the sperm bank permission to provide his contact information to his offspring, although only after they turned 18. For about a decade, Dylan put the sperm donations behind him and carried on with his life.

Everything changed when he received a social message from the adoptive parents of one of his children. Despite his success as a software engineer – and having a son of his own – Dylan is determined to find every last one of his estranged children, so he can be a part of their lives.

The call came from Canada, where a family was celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving.

The social message thanked Dylan for his donation six years ago.

It read: “I really hope you don’t feel violated in any way, but it’s Canadian Thanksgiving and I wanted to tell you how grateful my family is to you.”

Months later, Dylan quit his job to go on a journey to find the children he fathered, even if it meant living off his savings.