{"id":8387,"date":"2026-04-24T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:12:10","slug":"parents-of-ivf-mix-up-baby-reveal-breakthrough-in-search-for-missing-embryos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=8387","title":{"rendered":"Parents of ‘IVF mix-up’ baby reveal breakthrough in search for ‘missing embryos’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By MARTI STELLING, HEALTH REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

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A couple who discovered their baby born through IVF<\/a> was not genetically related to them\u00a0s<\/span>ay<\/span>\u00a0they have now identified their daughter’s biological parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills, from Florida<\/a>\u00a0in the US, described the development as a turning point in what they called a ‘heartbreaking journey’.<\/p>\n

The couple confirmed in a statement on April 22 that genetic testing had provided long-awaited answers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The results of testing delivered to us today confirm that our baby’s genetic parents have been identified,’ they said.<\/p>\n

They added that they would keep the couple’s identities confidential and ‘fully intend to cooperate in respecting their privacy’.<\/p>\n

‘This ends one chapter\u2026 but it raises new issues that will have to be resolved,’ they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Questions about the disposition of our own embryos are still unanswered and are even more unlikely to ever be answered.’<\/p>\n

Their daughter, Shea, is now four months old.<\/p>\n

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After welcoming a baby girl in 2025, Tiffany Score and Steven Mills became concerned when the child did not genetically resemble either parent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Only one thing is as absolutely certain today as it was on the day our daughter was born – we will love and will be this child’s parents forever,’ they added, People <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n

The couple filed a lawsuit against their IVF clinic last year, months before their identities became public.<\/p>\n

According to legal documents, Ms Score and Mr Mills underwent treatment at the Fertility Centre of Orlando, where three viable embryos were created and stored.<\/p>\n

In April, Ms Score was implanted with what she believed was one of those embryos – something the couple say they never questioned during the pregnancy.<\/p>\n

But when Shea was born on December 11, 2025, they realised something was wrong.<\/p>\n

Both parents are white and they say the baby did not resemble either of them, prompting genetic testing which confirmed she was not biologically theirs.<\/p>\n

While they say they love their daughter ‘more than words can express,’ they also felt a ‘moral obligation’ to find her genetic parents.<\/p>\n

They have also been haunted by the possibility that one of their own embryos could have been implanted into another family.<\/p>\n