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No, not sperm from a 4-year-old, but rather from the girl’s father who had his sperm frozen before dying of cancer in 2004. Hooray for science, for allowing a person’s legacy to live on even after death.

Her father couldn’t be there when she was born. And he won’t be able to watch her grow up.

But Jaimie-Rose Roberts, born four years after his death, will still be a Daddy’s girl.

James Roberts, who died from cancer at 33, had always dreamed of adding to his family.

As he battled his illness, he and his wife Lisa, who already had a son together, decided to have his sperm frozen to ensure they could have more children after his treatment.

Last week, Mrs Roberts fulfilled their dream on her own after a course of IVF treatment that doctors had warned had only a 20 per cent chance of working.

“She’s amazing,” she said as she held her week-old daughter in her arms.

“I hope James is looking down on us with a smile on his face.