Companies of all kinds mess up. Restaurants serve you the wrong dinner entree. Delivery services bring your package to the wrong house. Even barbers mess up and give you a skin-fade when you clearly asked for a #1 blade all around.
But for this Florida couple, this “mess-up”…this “blunder”…this “you gotta be fucking kidding me” moment, is not quite so innocent. Even Britney Spears agrees.
Tiffany Score and Steven Mills, a Florida couple, are suing the Fertility Center of Orlando after learning that they (the wife, so technically not they) were implanted with the wrong embryo. And they are going public with their attempts to find their child’s biological parents. (How sweet of them). They named the “mistake” embryo turned baby, Shea.
The couple has done what every red-blooded American couple would do. They are suing. They filed a lawsuit against IVF Life Inc, which operates as the Fertility Center of Orlando. They are also suing lead physician, Dr Milton McNichol. The suit states that three viable embryos were created with Score’s eggs and Mills’s sperm, and an embryo was successfully implanted in April 2025.
In a holy shit something ain’t right moment, Score and Mills, who are both Caucasian, noticed that the baby appeared to be a different race than what they were. Genetic testing confirmed that the child “had no genetic relationship to either of them”.
The couple is seeking monetary compensation from IVF Life. The amount is not specified.
Tiffany Score made a Facebook post where she explained the situation to friends and family and requested information on Shea’s biological parents.
“While we are profoundly grateful to have Shea in our lives and love her immeasurably, we also recognize that we have a moral obligation to find her genetic parents,” she wrote. “Our joy over her birth is further complicated by the devastating reality that her genetic parents – whom we do not yet know – or possibly another family entirely, may have received our genetic embryo. We are heartbroken, devastated, and confused.”
In addition to suing, the couple is also taking full advantage of charity website money as well. Tiff’s sis, Alexa Score, started a GoFundMe page.
She declared,
“The funds raised will help cover extensive medical expenses, including prior IVF costs, hospital bills, and mental health therapies. The funds, which currently are at $10,348 of the $12,000 goal, will also be used to support efforts to locate Shea’s biological family and find Score and Mills’s genetic embryos.”
In the fundraiser description, Alexa also writes that the fertility clinic has provided little to no information regarding the search for Shea’s biological family or their embryos that they provided. Tiff and Steve feel a moral obligation to find and notify Shea’s biological parents, as they would want the same if the roles were reversed.
The Fertility Center of Orlando’s clinic acknowledged the situation in a now-deleted post on their website, according to USA Today Network and the Orlando Sentinel.
“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,” according to the statement. “Multiple entities are involved in this process, and all parties are working diligently to help identify when and where the error may have occurred. 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.”
How nice of the clinic to issue a statement. Way to go, guys. You would figure that of all the possible errors that could occur, this would be at the absolute bottom of the list. A total “no-no”. A “you are so fucking fired, mistake.” Clearly they are going to lose this lawsuit. I mean, baby Shea looks straight out of Bangladesh. Personally, I don’t think they will be able to convince even the stupidest jury that this is the correct baby. My advice to the clinic, settle out of court. Hahahahaha
