• Home
  • News
  • World
  • Politics
  • Money
  • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Travel
  • More
    • Tech
    • Web Stories
    • Spotlight
    • Press Release
What's On

Screaming paddleboarders harassed by teens – as passersby yell ‘drown the slags’

28 August 2025

Horrifying scale of Brit mums’ injuries after speeding taxi careers into them in Ibiza

28 August 2025

Fridge magnets’ impact on electricity bills as Whirlpool issues statement

28 August 2025

Man Utd transfer news: Alejandro Garnacho move hits issue amid Rasmus Hojlund exit update

28 August 2025

UK road that disappears under the sea twice a day – drive at your own risk

28 August 2025

Taylor Swift gaffe sees police dispatcher make ‘best hot mic ever’ in comical moment

28 August 2025

Weeds die and ‘don’t come back’ if you swap vinegar for one other kitchen item

28 August 2025
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • Screaming paddleboarders harassed by teens – as passersby yell ‘drown the slags’
  • Horrifying scale of Brit mums’ injuries after speeding taxi careers into them in Ibiza
  • Fridge magnets’ impact on electricity bills as Whirlpool issues statement
  • Man Utd transfer news: Alejandro Garnacho move hits issue amid Rasmus Hojlund exit update
  • UK road that disappears under the sea twice a day – drive at your own risk
  • Taylor Swift gaffe sees police dispatcher make ‘best hot mic ever’ in comical moment
  • Weeds die and ‘don’t come back’ if you swap vinegar for one other kitchen item
  • Sky News star says Stage 4 cancer was ‘bolt from the blue’ after holiday illness
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube
England TimesEngland Times
Demo
  • Home
  • News
  • World
  • Politics
  • Money
  • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Travel
  • More
    • Tech
    • Web Stories
    • Spotlight
    • Press Release
England TimesEngland Times
Home » Oldest ever baby born from embryo created when his parents were toddlers
World

Oldest ever baby born from embryo created when his parents were toddlers

By staff1 August 2025No Comments4 Mins Read

Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was was implanted into his mum after being frozen as an embryo in 1990. The incredible achievement breaks the record for the world’s oldest baby

10:16, 01 Aug 2025Updated 10:19, 01 Aug 2025

Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was delivered on July 26 to parents Lindsey and Tim Pierce
Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was delivered on July 26 to parents Lindsey and Tim Pierce(Image: LINDSEY PIERCE)

The world’s oldest baby has been delivered from an embryo that was frozen for over three decades, created when his parents were just toddlers.

Thaddeus Daniel Pierce arrived on July 26 to parents Lindsey, 35 and Tim Pierce, 34, from Ohio. The newborn, who has shattered the record for the oldest baby, even has a 30-year-old sister who is now a mother herself to a 10-year-old daughter. The previous record was held by twins who were born from embryos frozen 30 years before they were born into the world.

Lindsay told MIT Technology Review: “We didn’t go into it thinking we would break any records. We just wanted a baby.” Tim and Lindsey would have been four and three respectively when their son’s embryo was created. It comes after a mum claimed ‘I accidentally named baby after dog food brand and I don’t know what to do’.

Thaddeus' embryo was frozen over three decades
Thaddeus’ embryo was frozen over three decades(Image: LINDSEY PIERCE)

READ MORE: Jeremy Clarkson suffers more heartache after Diddly Squat farm struck with TBREAD MORE: Jerusalem Biblical Zoo worker fighting for life after horror leopard mauling

After seven years of attempts to conceive, Lindsey and Tim enrolled in the same programme and were offered Thaddeus’s embryo. “We had a rough birth, but we’re both doing well now,” Lindsey revealed. She added: “He is so chill. We are in awe that we have this precious baby.”

Thaddeus’s embryo was formed alongside three others during IVF treatment in the 1990s for Linda Archerd and her former husband. One of the embryos was transferred to Linda, who gave birth to her now 30 year-old-daughter.

Archerd is keen to meet him. “The first thing that I noticed when Lindsey sent me his pictures is how much he looks like my daughter when she was a baby,” she said. “I pulled out my baby book and compared them side by side, and there is no doubt that they are siblings.”

The remaining embryos were placed in long-term storage before being made available for embryo adoption when Linda and her partner divorced. Embryo adoptions are more common in the US – especially at Christian clinics – to assist families struggling with fertility.

The Pierces had to travel from their home in Ohio to the Tennessee clinic five times over a two-week period. “It was like a five-hour drive,” said Lindsey. Two embryos were transferred to Lindsey’s uterus on November 14, and one developed into a fetus.

In 2017, a baby girl was delivered from a 25 year old embryo in what was then a world first in the US. Little Emma Wren Gibson tipped the scales at 6lbs 8oz and stretched out to 20 inches at birth.

Her parents, Tina and Benjamin Gibson, insisted that their daughter’s record-breaking status was secondary to her well-being, expressing they felt “thankful and blessed” to welcome her into their lives. They were taken aback upon learning the precise age of the embryo, which was thawed on March 13 at the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC).

“Do you realise I’m only 25? This embryo and I could have been best friends,” Tina told CNN. Tina, who was 26 when Emma was born, said her desire for a baby was more important than setting records, saying “We’re just so thankful and blessed. She’s a precious Christmas gift from the Lord.”

Emma came into the world through IVF intended for another couple but had remained frozen, awaiting a chance at life. Embryos like Emma are affectionately termed “snow babies” encapsulating the hope of potential human lives preserved in icy stasis until their moment arrives.

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Tumblr Email

Related News

Horrifying scale of Brit mums’ injuries after speeding taxi careers into them in Ibiza

28 August 2025

Driver killed brother and sister in head-on crash – then did something twisted

28 August 2025

Long-lost painting stolen by Nazis spotted 80 years later in real estate listing

28 August 2025

Russia warning as Vladimir Putin close to first nuclear bomb tests for 35 years

28 August 2025

Final hours of Brit mums fighting for lives after being run over in Ibiza

27 August 2025

Newly-discovered ‘hypercarnivore’ ate dinosaurs and is related to crocodiles

27 August 2025
Latest News

Horrifying scale of Brit mums’ injuries after speeding taxi careers into them in Ibiza

28 August 2025

Fridge magnets’ impact on electricity bills as Whirlpool issues statement

28 August 2025

Man Utd transfer news: Alejandro Garnacho move hits issue amid Rasmus Hojlund exit update

28 August 2025

UK road that disappears under the sea twice a day – drive at your own risk

28 August 2025
Stay In Touch
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
Don't Miss
Entertainment

Taylor Swift gaffe sees police dispatcher make ‘best hot mic ever’ in comical moment

By staff28 August 20250

Julia Jordan reckons she and her police colleagues in Lansing, Michigan, will watch Taylor Swift…

Weeds die and ‘don’t come back’ if you swap vinegar for one other kitchen item

28 August 2025

Sky News star says Stage 4 cancer was ‘bolt from the blue’ after holiday illness

28 August 2025

Driver killed brother and sister in head-on crash – then did something twisted

28 August 2025
England Times
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
© 2025 England Times. All Rights Reserved.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

Go to mobile version