Weird: Baby born in China four years after parents had died

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Key7
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April 13th, 2018, 6:22 am

Ever imagined a baby being born 4 years later after the real biological parents had died? Well, wonders happen in China. And it's just a tip of the iceberg. Read below the real story of the unfortunate parents demise, the legal battle and surrogacy surrounding the baby boy named Tiantian.
© China Photos
© China Photos
A baby has been born in China to a surrogate mother four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported.

The couple, who died in 2013, had frozen several embryos hoping to have a child through IVF.

After the accident, their parents fought a protracted legal battle to be allowed to use the embryos.

The boy was born in December to a surrogate from Laos and The Beijing News first reported the case this week.

The newspaper explained how the lack of precedent for a case of this kind had forced the deceased couple's parents through a legal minefield before the surrogacy could proceed.

No precedent
At the time of the accident, the embryos were stored safely in a Nanjing hospital, frozen at minus 196 degrees in a liquid nitrogen tank.
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© Science Photo Library
A court battle gave the four grandparents-to-be the right over the fertilised eggs.

There was no precedent as to whether they could inherit their children's frozen embryos, according to reports.

The grandparents say they were thrilled their bloodline would be continued (file photo)
They were eventually granted the embryos, but it wasn't long until the next problem occurred. The embryos could only be taken from the Nanjing hospital if there was proof that another hospital would store them.

But given the legal uncertainty around untransplanted embryos, it was hard to find another medical institution in China willing to get involved.

And with surrogacy illegal in China, the only realistic option was to look beyond the country's borders.

Proving paternity and nationality
Eventually, the future grandparents worked with a surrogacy agency and decided on Laos, where commercial surrogacy was legal.

As no airline was willing to accept a thermos-sized bottle of liquid nitrogen, the precious cargo had to be transported by car.

In Laos, the embryo was implanted into the womb of the surrogate mother and in December 2017 the boy was born.

Citizenship of the child, named Tiantian, was another problem though and so he was born not in Laos but in China - with the surrogate travelling there on a simple tourist visa.

With no parents left to prove paternity, all four grandparents had to give blood and take DNA tests to establish that the baby was indeed their grandson and that both parents had been Chinese nationals.

Based on http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43724395

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April 13th, 2018, 6:28 am

I guess as much. It must be through a surrogate mother. Happy he made it! :clap:
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April 13th, 2018, 6:53 am

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April 13th, 2018, 7:38 am

Hotsaint wrote:nothing weeee person no fit hear this days
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April 13th, 2018, 8:33 am

:shkd: Amazing.
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May 23rd, 2021, 10:03 pm

Poor child,rip to parents
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