Scott and SadieHere’s the 2025 version of a “switched at birth” story . . .
A 38-year-old woman named Krystena Murray is suing a fertility clinic in Georgia after they implanted the wrong embryo . . . and she gave birth to someone else’s baby. (!!!)
She used a donor to get pregnant in 2023 and gave birth that December. But she immediately knew something was wrong, because she’s White, and the kid was Black.
She’d selected a donor with “dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.” So, she knew he wasn’t Black either. But she took the baby home and cared for him anyway.
She bought an at-home DNA test and got the results a month later. The test confirmed she and the boy weren’t related.
She told the clinic and they figured out the embryo belonged to another couple who were clients. So that couple had to sue Krystena for custody, and she gave the kid up voluntarily. He was about five months old by that point.
Krystena’s lawyer says the whole thing has been devastating. She bonded with the kid, breastfed him, and took him to all his doctor’s appointments. But she hasn’t seen him since.
It’s not clear how much she’s suing for. The lawsuit says in excess of $75,000, but a jury could decide she deserves a LOT more than that.
The fertility place put out a statement saying they immediately did an “in-depth review and put additional safeguards in place” to make sure it never happens again.
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