The Florida couple at the centre of a heartbreaking IVF mix-up have found their daughter's biological parents.
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills were overjoyed to learn they were expecting a baby after enlisting help from the Fertility Centre of Orlando to fulfil their dreams of becoming parents.
However, the birth of their daughter, Shea, on 11 December, 2025, would bring both joy and heartbreak for Tiffany and Steven, as it became apparent the child was not biologically theirs.
The couple have since begun legal proceedings against the clinic, alleging that another couple's embryo was placed inside of Tiffany. Both Tiffany and Steven are white, while their infant appeared to be 'a racially non-Caucasian child', according to the lawsuit (per News6).
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Tiffany and Steven also sought to identify Shea's biological parents, with an update revealing they have now been found.
A 'moral obligation'
According to a statement given by the family to PEOPLE, Tiffany and Steven said the discovery meant they were able to close 'one chapter in our heartbreaking journey'.
"The results of testing delivered to us today confirm that our baby's genetic parents have been identified," the couple said in a statement issued via their attorney on 22 April.
The couple went on to explain that they would be keeping the identity of Shea's biological parents 'confidential' in order to 'respect their privacy'.
Tiffany and Steven previously said they felt a 'moral obligation' to locate their daughter's biological parents despite concerns that she could be taken away to live with her genetic relatives.
Fox News spoke to attorney Mara Hatfield back in January, who said: "What are the rights that they, as the biologically nurturing now 10-month parents, have vs. the rights of the genetic parents that they hope to identify?
"That is very much a developing question that the law is trying to identify, because unfortunately, these mistakes very rarely happen, but they do happen."
Jack Scarola, the attorney representing the couple, told the outlet that Shea's biological parents have not made any requests to take custody of the infant.
"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," the couple added.
'New issues that will have to be resolved'
Meanwhile, the clinic which performed IVF treatment for Tiffany and Steven has since announced that it would close its doors on 20 May, despite queries remaining about the couple's embryos.
"This ends one chapter in our heartbreaking journey, but it raises new issues that will have to be resolved," the statement continued.
"In addition, questions about the disposition of our own embryos are still unanswered and are even more unlikely to ever be answered."
Scarola went on to explain that questions regarding Tiffany and Steven's three viable embryos were 'still pending'.
"The current legal proceeding will remain open to address those matters," he explained.
"However, we expect that we will now also begin to focus on the need for our clients to be compensated for the expenses they have incurred and the severe emotional trauma that they endured and will continue to experience."
IVF Life, which operates as The Fertility Center of Orlando, previously stated that they were '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.'
Brenna Cooper