Nik0tine... actually, the transplantation of embryos has been being performed for over a decade now... on humans, FYI. It's preferable to use a relative to the mother, but not necessary. Surrogate mothers are the layman's term. A fertilized egg of a man and a woman, where the woman herself can't carry the child (several possible disorders), can implant a fertalized egg into another woman, who can carry to full.
Your surrogate needs not even be the same race as the couple, or for that matter, capable of conception herself (as in, past menopause). Generally, that doesn't happen, though. Oh, and as for genes, the only does the child gets is the parent's... no others. Maybe mitochondrial DNA will get affected, but that's not important at all. The mother's own body acts to protect the fetus from interference, which is why mothers with AIDS rarely transfer the disease to their children... until after birth, where blood from the birth can be infected, or breast milk (which will be infected) are exposed to the child.
And "self fertilization" happens all the time in other species. They are not (usually) clones. Worms and such can do it, at least. The genetic code is *very* similar to the parent, but usually viable. In humans and other complex organisms, it would (presumably) have the same effect as a disturbing level of inbreeding. Any advanced highschool biology course should teach you this much.
