Biological parents of baby in Florida IVF embryo mix-up have been identified, couple says

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills sued the Fertility Center of Orlando after the birth of a baby who isn’t genetically related to either of them.

The biological parents of a baby at the center of an embryo mix-up have been identified, according to attorneys for the Florida woman who gave birth to the infant.

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Tiffany Score and Steven Mills sued the Fertility Center of Orlando and its head reproductive endocrinologist in January after learning that their newborn, Shea, was not genetically related to either of them.

Score and Mills, who are both white, had undergone in vitro fertilization at the Longwood, Florida, clinic and decided to pursue genetic testing because their baby “displayed the physical appearance of a racially non-Caucasian child,” their lawsuit says.