An Ohio woman has sued a Chicago-area sperm bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man as she had intended.

Uniontown resident Jennifer Cramblett said she found out she was impregnated with the wrong sperm in April 2012 while five months pregnant with her daughter Payton.

Ms Cramblett said she and her partner, Amanda Zinkon, had carefully examined donor profiles at Midwest Sperm Bank to find a match based on physical characteristics, education and family history.

Ms Cramblett and Ms Zinkon are white. Ms Cramblett says they love their daughter very much. Their lawsuit seeks more than $50,000. Telephone calls to Midwest Sperm Bank were not returned.

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