UK-based couple say overseas surrogacy agency made twins using wrong sperm

Sperm being injected into human egg. The agency says the couple signed a consent form allowing them to use donor sperm. The couple deny this. Photograph: Science Photo Library/ZEPHYR./Getty Images

A British-based couple who had twins through an overseas surrogacy agency later discovered they had no biological connection to the children after the agency mistakenly used donor sperm.

The couple, referred to as PP and QQ in court documents, were “devastated” after making the discovery via DNA tests while applying for British citizenship for the children.