Hi there!
We’re a gay couple looking for some help to become a proper family. Here’s a bit about us:
We met back in 2016 at university, where we were studying in different faculties. Our first proper date was in Zurich’s old town at a bar called “Blue Monkey.” We sat outside in the courtyard, and honestly, the date was so much fun we’ve just never stopped talking to each other since.
As a couple, we think we make a pretty good team. Petr’s the careful planner who likes to think things through, while Marcel is more spontaneous, taking life as it comes. Petr is the technical brain, and Marcel is the creative one. It works! We complement each other and are great at making each other laugh.
We’re both originally from different countries, and together we can speak about 7 languages (though we’ll admit, our fluency in all of them might vary 😉 ).
We got married in a small civil ceremony at the city zoo in 2022, with our closest family and friends. A year later, we threw a big reception party in Prague, where Petr lived before.
We’re both curious souls who love to learn and try new things. Whether it’s hiking, traveling, or tasting new foods, we’re always up for an adventure. We love going on weekend trips, enjoying our time with friends and family.
At home, Marcel loves cooking (sometimes a little too much), and Petr “enjoys” cleaning up the chaos that follows (Marcel does help, just so we’re clear!). We also love playing games, going for walks, and spending time in nature whenever we can.
Our dream is to grow our team by starting a family, and that’s where you come in. Would you like to be part of our story?

Petr: My parents had a small flat in sort of a housing estate – imagine those pictures from Eastern Europe, though with some more colors and a bit less of concrete 🙂 In there, I lived with my mum and dad, my brother, usually 2-3 cats, and here and there even some more pets, like my guinea pig Egon. However, we were also very frequently visiting my grandparents, who lived in the countryside, and I spent there many summer breaks with them. That’s where I found my passion for hiking, wildlife photography, and nature in general.
When I was young, I was very often sick, nothing too serious, but it made me miss a lot of school (imagine missing over 200 hours from a school year). However, despite that, I was always top among 5 % of students. Perhaps the fact that I was sick all the time actually gave me enough time to read all the textbooks, so all that bad was good for something 🙂 And fortunately my health has improved a lot after a few years.
My parents have always supported me, when I was sick, when I came out, when I moved to Switzerland, or when we decided to start a family. I try to go back to visit them as much as possible. Family was always very important for us, and while my uncles, aunts, cousins are spread all across the country, we have always managed to meet at least around Christmas time.

Marcel: I grew up on a small farm in the heart of Switzerland, in a village so tiny that we used to joke there were more animals than people. That was partly true, but not quite—at least in our house, there was my mum and dad, and my awesome sister. We often would get visited by our extended family as well.
The village was like one big family, and community meant a lot to us. I joined the scouts when I was 12, and I loved exploring the woods around our home. My deep love for nature and animals eventually led me to become a vegetarian. My parents, both hard workers, started their own business when I was young, selling tools and cranes for construction. I’ve always admired their drive and how they built everything from the ground up. When I was 21, I moved to Zurich to study, and my sister took over the family business.
Coming out wasn’t as hard for me as I feared. I first told my sister that I liked men, and she supported me without hesitation. Later, I came out to my parents. It was a little more difficult for them, but not because of anything negative about me or my sexuality. They’ve always said that their only wish was for me to be happy, and they would love and support me no matter who I was. But they’d lived through the 80s, and had lost friends to the HIV epidemic. For them, being gay was still tied to a lot of pain and fear. It took time—introducing them to some of my friends and showing them that the world had changed—for them to understand that things are better now. My parents were willing to learn, and they fully accepted me in the end. They still love and support me every day.
What makes my family special is their open-mindedness, curiosity, and unwavering support for everything I wanted to do. When we were little, my parents took us on a road trip across Canada for half a year, traveling in a motorhome. That spirit of adventure stayed with my sister and me. After finishing my mandatory military service in Switzerland, I spent six months traveling through Latin America—something I’ll always cherish. I feel incredibly lucky to have my family, and would love to add to our little community whit becoming a parent myself.

Petr: I have grown up in a loving family and I have always wanted to carry on this legacy – create a loving home for my own children in the future. Funnily enough, I have known since my teenage years that I would like to be a parent. I have known it even before I have fully realized my sexuality, and honestly the moment I have realized it, I felt absolutely heartbroken – not because I was afraid of rejection or coming-out, because my first thought went to never being able to start a family. At that point in my home country, anything like same-sex marriage, adoptions, or surrogacy was absolutely impossible (and many of these things are still greatly restricted even now). Honestly, this was also one of the reasons why I moved to a different country. However, I still feel like I can’t believe that this dream may come true – and most importantly also thanks to you!

Marcel: As a gay couple, starting a family can be a bit more complicated, and we know it won’t be easy. For me, it’s about sharing the love I’ve experienced growing with a next generation. It would be a joy and an honor to contribute, and to continue writing the story of my parents and grandparents. We have a deep love for nature and traveling, and we find joy in discovering new cultures and places. I can’t wait to share these passions with our future child, helping them to see the world through our eyes and fostering a sense of wonder and curiosity about life. That’s why we have decided to begin our surrogacy journey in Canada. We appreciate the kind and supportive approach in Canada with its altruistic aspect, which matches our belief: that we, as society, are better off together and should help one another. Plus, I love my partner, and I think he would be a hell of a handsome dad. Who wouldn’t want to have a child with that dude? 🙂

We have created embryos at the VRC clinic in Windsor and are excited to start our surrogacy journey this coming year.

We live in an newly reconstructed three-room apartment in a really cute neighborhood in Zurich – it is on a hill, overlooking the entire city, and it is incredibly green. There are multiple playgrounds for children, we even have one just behind our house, and also plenty of places where to go for a walk! Just after 10 minutes walking, you can get to a river and a go for a swim. If you walk five more minutes, you reach a forest, where you can jog and work out. We can do our groceries still in the same neighborhood, and in 15 minutes on tram you reach the city center or a hospital. The neighborhood is very safe and also very international – just 4 bus stops away is one of the best Universities in Europe, which attracts here a lot of international community.
Later, once our child is a bit older, we would like to move to a bit bigger flat 🙂

Petr: Already as a kid I have really enjoyed everything that is connected with nature, and that remains with me until now. I enjoy travelling, hiking, whether in the mountains or in the forests. I love observing wild animals, I have one of those cameras with a huge lens that allows me to zoom in on them without disturbing them, and make a nice picture. I also love mushroom picking, it feels like it’s a Czech national sport, something that is really deeply embedded in the culture. I think all this motivated me later to decide to study natural sciences, namely chemistry. I have spent about ten years in various research laboratories, before changing to my current job. It was exciting but also a stressful time and during it I have developed a great passion for jogging and working out. But I also love food too much, so I think I will never get a sixpack hahaha. Otherwise, I love reading books (especially theater plays), and I also like playing video games, and going to cinema.
Marcel and I share many of these hobbies, and that makes me feel incredibly lucky every day.

Marcel: I think I’ve always been a creative person. It’s safe to say that working as an architect fills out a lot of my life already, since I usually don’t perceive it as work, and it is a good and productive way of channeling my inner urge to create stuff. I am part of an amateur theater group, and I write architecture criticisms for a couple of magazines. I love swimming. I do it about three times per week. Also I like to cook, and try out new recipes, usually with mushrooms Petr picked up somewhere. Otherwise, there is a lot of overlap with Petr: I like nature, hiking, travelling to new places, and going to the cinema. It’s fair to say that I am a bit of a movie and music nerd.

If you choose to embark on this journey with us, we will do everything we can to support you. Although we live quite far from Canada and unfortunately won’t be able to accompany you to appointments, we would love to visit you at least once or twice before the birth.
In the meantime, we’ll always be just a video call or chat away—on whatever platform you prefer. And don’t worry, our time zones are pretty friendly, so no crazy early morning wake-ups for either of us!
Lastly, we will of course deal with the financial part, don’t be worried about that, that’s on us. We have saved enough to go through with this.

We would love to be in touch with you! We would like to hear how you are doing, and how the appointments are going. You can count on us to support you as much as we can. We believe that we are in this together – as a team, so all of us should be comfortable with the amount of communication, and discuss openly if it’s too much or too little 🙂 After giving birth, it would be wonderful to stay in touch, even if it’s just a little, like during the holidays. We would be happy for you to be a part of our lives. We also want our child to be able to reach out to you in the future, if they are curious. Open communication and transparency are important to us. It would be nice if you felt comfortable to be part of our family story even after the birth 🙂

Thanks a lot for checking out our story. We hope that our profile caught your interest, and we would be excited to talk to you. What you want to do is something really awesome, and even in case you decide you would prefer to help a different couple, you are doing something incredibly noble and selfless. In case you are interested in helping us though, don’t hesitate to contact us. We would be honored.