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Baby Born From 31-Year-Old Embryo in Ohio Breaks World Record
OHIO, UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – The embryo was created in 1994 and adopted after years of fertility challenges; the baby is the oldest born from a frozen embryo, a rare success in assisted reproduction.
- According to MIT Technology Review, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, a baby boy, was born on July 26, 2025, from an embryo created in 1994, making him the oldest on record.
- Having three embryos remaining after her 1990s IVF, Linda Archerd donated two through Nightlight Christian Adoptions’ Snowflakes program, where Lindsey and Tim Pierce were matched after seven years.
- The record-breaking embryos had been slow frozen in a plastic vial, and two were transferred into Lindsey Pierce’s uterus at a Tennessee IVF clinic.
- One embryo successfully implanted, resulting in Thaddeus Daniel Pierce’s birth, with photos showing his resemblance to Linda Archerd’s daughter, though they have yet to meet.
- With over 1.5 million frozen embryos, US estimate, Sarah Atkinson notes that embryo viability concerns have been challenged, despite long-term storage doubts.
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The parents of a young boy born in Ohio have adopted an embryo from an in vitro fertilization cycle (IVF) stored since 1994.
'World's oldest baby' born in America in record-setting science breakthrough
A baby boy has been born from an embryo which was frozen more than 30 years ago, in what is thought to be a new world record.The infant was born to a couple from Ohio on Saturday, in a case which is believed to be the longest that an embryo has been frozen before resulting in a successful live birth.Lindsey Pierce, 34, and her husband Tim, 35, welcomed Thaddeus Daniel Pierce under circumstances which Lindsey told MIT Technology Review are "like …
The “world’s oldest baby” has been born. A woman in Ohio, USA, has given birth to a baby boy from an embryo that was frozen 31 years ago. This is said to be a new world record for how long an embryo has been frozen before it results in a child, writes MIT Technology Review.
Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, born on Saturday 26 July in Ohio, was born from an in vitro fertilization (IVF). His "adopted" embryo had been stored for more than 30 years.
30-Year-Old Baby Born in Ohio
His name is Thaddeus Daniel Pierce and he now holds the distinction of being the oldest baby ever born. Conceived back in 1994, and adopted as a frozen embryo by Lindsey and Tim Pierce, Thaddeus has a biological twin sister who is 30 1/2 years of age. Tim, Thaddeus’ adopted father, was a toddler back when his son was frozen in his embryonic state along with two other siblings. Linda, his biological mother, had been struggling to conceive with he…
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