Notwithstanding the established practice of donor conception in South Africa, there has been inadequate deliberation from the perspective of children’s rights on its legal impact on the identity right of a donor-conceived child. Using an existential and developmental approach to identity-formation, which postulates personal identity as a narrative, or an inner story, that a donor-conceived child must construct, develop and amend over time to define the meaning of their life, the proposed paper argues for donor-conceived children to have access to information concerning the nature of their conception and the identity of their biogenetic progenitors in fulfilment of their right to personal identity. In doing so, the proposed paper espouses respect for the donor-conceived child’s autonomy, in line with their evolving capacities, to choose what significance to attach to their biogenetic origins in the formation of their personal identity. The paper will investigate whether a right to respect for identity is discernible in extant international human rights treaty provisions at the United Nations and African Union levels, as well as within domestic constitutional law provisions. Next, the proposed paper will examine the relative compatibility of any discernible identity-related entitlement in international law and domestic law jurisprudence with the narrative identity theory. Finally, the proposed paper will explore the implications of the findings for State-facilitated disclosure to a donor-conceived child of information concerning the nature of their conception and the identity of their biogenetic progenitors.