Florida couple accuse fertility clinic of using strangers sperm for daughters embryo in IVF mix-up: Betrayed
A Florida couple has accused a fertility clinic of using another man’s sperm to create their daughter’s embryo — as their dream of being biological parents was upended when they learned of their child’s DNA.Joshua and Natalie Strong alleged that Brown Fertility clinic officials in Jacksonville, Fla., including Medical Director Dr.Samuel Brown and 10 other defendants, caused the mix-up that resulted in their 1-year-old daughter’s biological father being a stranger, according to a lawsuit obtained by The Post.“They trusted Brown Fertility, as well as its founder and owner, Samuel E.
Brown, M.D., with the family they hoped to build.That trust was betrayed,” the couple said in the lawsuit filed in Duval County Circuit Court Thursday.“The Strongs are now raising a daughter whose paternity test confirms that another man, not Joshua, fathered her.”The married couple had been vying for children of their own and chose Brown Fertility but were left devastated when they learned the results of their daughter’s DNA.“It’s a daily struggle with the emotional aspect of it because you do have sadness and anger in the same day, you also have joy and love,” Joshua Strong told Jacksonville’s First Coast News.Joshua, who had a vasectomy earlier in his life, needed to undergo an invasive surgical sperm retrieval and produced four vials of sperm.The couple paid Brown Fertility, named one of “America’s Best Fertility Clinics” in 2025, “tens of thousands of dollars” for the services.The vials were given to Brown Fertility under the specific terms that the clinic would create embryos by fertilizing Natalie’s oocytes, which would later be transferred to her.Natalie gave birth to a baby girl in June 2025, but the couple noticed something wrong almost immediately.“Within the first day of life, routine newborn blood typing produced a result that did not fit,” the suit alleged.
“The Strongs’ daughter typed Blood Type B Positive.That result is bio...