Florida IVF clinic under fire after woman gives birth to baby that’s not genetically hers

A Florida woman who has reportedly given birth to a baby that is not hers has filed a lawsuit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court against the clinic that stored her embryos.

The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, claims that when she was a patient at a clinic in Orlando where she had the wrong embryo implanted, according to court documents filed on January 9 that were obtained by News 6 Orlando.

The woman and her husband reportedly began pursuing IVF treatment with the clinic in March 2025.

The pair were under the impression the embryo would include her egg and her husband’s sperm, however, the woman who was identified as “caucasian” in the court documents, reportedly gave birth to a baby girl in December who had a “non-caucasian” appearance.

The child’s appearance prompted the couple to get the baby genetically tested, where they discovered that it was not biologically related to either of them.

“Of equal concern to the Plaintiffs is the obvious possibility that someone else was implanted with one or more of their embryos and is pregnant with or has been pregnant with and is presently parenting one or more of their children,” the lawsuit said according to the WFLA.

The parents claimed they repeatedly tried to contact the clinic to reunite the baby with her genetic parents, but the clinic never responded.

They also said in the lawsuit that despite being willing to keep the baby in their care, the child “should legally and morally be united with her genetic parents so long as they are fit, able and willing to take her.”

WFLA reports that the parents and attorneys are demanding the clinic to inform all affected patients of the incident so they can determine whether Baby Doe could be their child, or if they mistakenly received one of the Does’ embryos.

They are also requesting the clinic to provide free genetic testing for all patients and the children who were implanted as embryos at the clinic over the past five years, and that they must tell patients if there is any discrepancy in the parentage of the children.

In a statement provided to WESH, the Fertility Centre of Orlando said: “We are actively cooperating with an investigation to support one of our patients in determining the source of an error that resulted in the birth of a child who is not genetically related to them.”

“Multiple entities are involved in this process, and all parties are working diligently to help identify when and where the error may have occurred,” they said.

“Our priority remains transparency and the well-being of the patient and child involved. We will continue to assist in any way that we can regardless of the outcome of the investigation.”