Parents of world’s oldest baby reveal how they will tell him

In order to get a proper grip on the circumstances that led to this phenomenon, we need to go back to 1994, when a woman named Linda Archerd (now 62) underwent IVF treatment with her husband.

They created four embryos, including the one that would eventually become their now-30-year-old daughter. The other three – which Linda dubbed her “three little hopes” – were frozen and stored away, where they remained untouched until 2024.

After splitting from her partner and reaching menopause, Linda decided to donate the embryos to a program for hard to match embryos. She had previously been turned away from several clinics refusing to take the trio because of their age.

Tim and Lindsey, meanwhile, were matched with Linda by the Open Hearts program, ran by the Nightlight Christian Adoptions agency.

“We’d been trying for children for a while after we got married, and at one point we thought it’s time to look into adoption,” Lindsey told LADbible.