** note back announce ** Some doctors in the U.S. are using procedures developed to treat infertility in an unexpected way: they're helping gay male couples have children of their own. In many parts of the country, it can be difficult or impossible for gay men to adopt newborns. But with the aid of a surrogate mother and in-vitro fertilization...a baby can be genetically related to at least one of the fathers. In some cases, both men share genetic traits with the child. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephen Smith prepared this report in our continuing series, "The Fertility Race." Some of the names in this story have been changed to protect individual privacy.