Nuclear Family: Season 1

As new fertility options emerge in the early '80s, lesbian partners Robin Young and Sandy Russo look to start their own family by seeking sperm donors. What begins as an unconventional yet warm arrangement with second daughter Ry's donor becomes increasingly fraught as he pursues more rights over her life.

Embroiled in a landmark court case over paternal rights, Ry and her mothers navigate a painful legal battle that threatens their family's very existence – and places nine-year-old Ry at the center of a four-year lawsuit.

Director Ry Russo-Young shares how her parents pioneered gay parenthood in the '80s, and the legal battle that threatened to tear their family apart.