What a difficult situation, and how wonderful that the two families put their children first. It had to be incredibly hard to navigate this.
Another level to switched errors. I remember two stories in the 90’s. One was here in VA. Switched in error by the hospital where they were born. Heart wrenching, for sure.
" * Kimberly Mays and Arlena Twigg
In 1991, NBC aired a two-night miniseries called Switched at Birth that dramatized the true story of these two children who were accidentally switched at birth and raised by the wrong parents for a decade.
- Callie Johnson and Rebecca Chittum
In 1998, it was discovered that these two girls had been switched at birth in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1995. The switch was discovered when a DNA test revealed that Callie was not biologically related to her adoptive parents."
Another case of newborns being switched:
Hurrah that the parents put their kids first in both families are are making their shared blended family work. Sounds like both families are very loving and raising the children to be very happy and healthy.
It happened here, too. We know this family.
Thought this was a very interesting article. The families really worked hard to make this difficult situation into a positive one. Of course it helped that they lived near each other and were in stable relationships.
Agree – this was a terrible situation that both families handled with incredible grace and the highest degree of concern for all of their children. Fortunately the two families were of like mind.
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