Wouldn't it be so sad If a child was accidently switched into an abusive family when they potentially could have lived with maybe a millionare.

I love how they have all come together and become one special family :)

You know, honestly... I think family really doesn't matter about blood. But it really matters about love.And the affection they give you.

This almost happened to my grandmother back in the 1920's. When they placed "her" baby boy in her arms, she said, "This is not my baby." The nurse placated her and told her that of course the baby was hers. But my grandmother was adamant. You see, one of her best friends also gave birth on the same day and the baby in her arms was the spitting image of the woman's husband! The baby was brought back out and the nurse returned with apologies and my real uncle. It seemed that the other woman had the same reaction when handed my uncle, who was the spitting image of my grandfather!

The brunette said she had a wonderful life -- the blonde didn't comment!

This happened to me . I gave birth to a boy but they brought me a girl . My son was premature and only weighed 4lbs. They brought me a full term baby girl . A paternity test had to be done because the hospital thought I lost my mind . They even had a counselor talk to me to see if I was in denial.

That must have been painful. Imagine living your life having your mom think that you're not her baby.

One looks older than the other, hairstyle really makes a difference

I'm glad I look just like my mother.

Glad they are reunited together in wholesome families. God Bless them all.

I’m so glad that so much love came out of a sad tragedy. But could help but wonder when the brunette was talking about her wonderful life, that the blonde was silent and sad.

I'm glad the families have decided to come together. That's the best way forward.

Wouldnt be surprised if I was switched too because my whole family is off the chain with their craziness n im the one quite one in one corner wondering how I ended up in this circus lol. Nevertheless I absolutely love them.happy they found each other n their families

the more the merrier.... Two beautiful families... Love it!

“Love Each Other, As I Have Loved You”. ♥️

Although biologically not related, the love they felt from their families were real :)

It's really nice how a tragedy of two babies being switched ended up building one big happy family. The Parents that raise the girls were the their parents as well listen my opinion just weren't there biological parents. Sometimes not biological family is the best kind of family.

I remember when my Daughter was born at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, back in 1982. There was 4 other women that had their babies. On the day 2 were leaving, I was just sitting there. The Nurse came in with one of the babies. As she handed her the baby, she there's to your little girl. The Mom started to say Something. I jumped in with That's not your little girl. They both looked at me. The Mom saud No she doesn't look like mine. The Nurse got upset then checked the tag. It was not her baby. When the Nurse left, the Mom Thanked me, it was her 1st Baby. After that I called for my little girl and said I don't want to leave my side. Even taking a Shower I had my Sister in there to watch her. But it can happen in a Heartbeat. It's sad to know these children went thru this Never knowing their Real Mommy and Daddy 😢

This is actually the coolest thing. It's a cool story and a really cool way for being tied together. Kinda sucks they were switched, but both have loving families that got tied together one day thats so cool.

this could be my grandmother's story too if she wasn't so adament about her feeling. She had her second child/first son in 1952 and at one of the feedings the nurse handed her a baby that looked smaller and had a darker complexion to the baby she rememebered. The nurses laughed it off and left her there. She breastfed the child who didn't eat as much as usual and then my grandma knew this wasnt her baby so she went to find him. She walked to all the rooms, looked at all the babies and luckily she found him with a mother who was also unsure if she had the right baby. They both looked at the babies in each other's arms knew it was a mix up. This boy is now my godfather and is 70 years old and looks like the spitting image of my late grandfather so there is proof that despite of nőt having DNA testing they did the right thing of switching back the babies.

I was born in Sept. of 1953, thank God that I never went through that but may God bless You.

I warched that movie and my heart is still broken after many many tears! Couldn't believe they didn't switch them back! I was so depressed about this story! The stupid judge who didn't switch them back is evil!! Ugh!!

so so sad, i hope anyone with doubts wont leave the hospital till they know and have a dna test

I've always wondered if I was switched at birth! I don't look like anyone in my family. Hell I look more like my step-dad than anyone! lol

How many people watching wishes they would find out they was switched at birth ! sad for them both

At least they both had decent families.

Woah! A real switched at birth case!!!

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen 🤣💖

I was switched with a baby at NYU hospital in manhatten in 1987. My mom realized when she took her son home, and went to change the diaper and quickly realize it was a girl. No less, an asian baby girl. To this day I still dont know if I left the hospital with the other family, and what that was like. Also I wonder had I grown up with them how much worse, or maybe how much fucking awesomely better my life would have been.

I seen too much baby switch at birth, these hospital need to pay attention how they do their businesses

When my mom was in the hospital after having my brother, a woman next to her was freaking out that they had brought her the wrong baby, and that was in the 80s!

Something like this might be much more common than you think. A while back in Britain they went to a hospital and tested the new born child’s DNA to that of the mother’s husband and supposed father. Apparently 8% (or maybe one out of 8 which is 15%) of the babies were NOT the child of the father but the child of some other guy that the mother was having an affair with! Many people think this is as common as this. DNA tests are not generally done but often medical staff will KNOW that the blood type of the husband and the new birth child do NOT allow them to be matched as father and child. Nobody says a thing to the husband. It’s kept a secret.

When my grandmother, gave birth to my mother, and they handed her a baby, she knew that it wasn’t hers and the hospital obviously figured it out. But, apparently this kind of mixup happens.

What’s the bet the nurse did it on purpose

Good grief! This seems like a common problem. I wonder how many people have gotten the wrong medication, surgery, or other treatment because of the wrong identification? I knew about a guy that had to have a leg removed, and they took off the wrong leg, he ended up with no legs! The worst that happens is money gets paid out, people should be fired, licences to practice should be permanently revoked, and negligent employees should have to clean toilets the rest of their lives with no retirement!

That’s why your baby should never leave your side for anything.

If only they could have met their biological mothers just for a day.... :( Glad they decided to be one big family!

This makes me sad that their parents never even knew their kids were the wrong kids..

Not that it matters a lot. You family is who you grew up with not who bore you.

My uncle (who passed away) was switched at birth too. But thankfully, they were from the same community so by the time he was seven, he had been switched back.

if someone would tell me that my parents that I love to death are actually not my real parents because of some freak accident I would loose it completely. That must have been devastating to these people

Deeann seems more affected.

My grandmothers were both asleep when my parents were born, and my grandfathers were in the waiting rooms!

This is the most careless shit ever. Imagine if one of them grew up in an abusive household.

this is so amazing.

There was a story in Glamour magazine several years ago where a hospital switched two babies. One child was biracial Latino and white and the other was red-headed and fair skin. The Latino mom just that her daughter took after her father and raised her as her own but the biracial child grew up with a stigma in her family of gingers with fair skin referred to as the dark one. I felt so bad for her, reading the story you can tell she was never accepted by those she thought was family.

Stories like these are why, despite the matching hospital bracelets they put on the mother/baby pairs at our hospitals, I looked my wee one over pretty soon after birth to find something unique so I wouldn't be mistaken if they brought me a different one.

that hospital should shut down because of that

I just realized Im the ONLY blonde and blue eyed girl in my famly of all brown/haired brown eyed people...even my grandparents..WTF.

The doctors be like "again? whoops, my bad."

There's so many of these stories that come out more and more and they all begin with the mother's wondering, usually in the hospital, before the babies come home and I realize these babies were born before DNA testing but it's still happening... Mothers, fathers, nurses NO ONE should take the babie's tag's word for it! If there is doubt insist on testing!

This is so wonderful!:D

...they said "who would have THOUGHT this was genetic...?"

I’m so confused because if you watch the documentary on this it says Alena (the blonde one) died at age 10 from kidney failure after a heart surgery...

What the hell does it matter who's your biological parents. Being parents is a lot more than that. It's changing diapers, teaching to walk, talk, helping through bad times, helping with homework, guiding. Your parents are the people who did all that for you. Not the ones who gave you your DNA.

My sister was given to a Mexican woman and mom got the Mexican baby. Mom was happy with the switch but the Mexican woman raised an eyebrow and said that this baby (my sister) was not hers. They investigated and found out the truth and switched them back before the women left the hospital with the wrong babies. My sister grew up with strawberry blond hair and very fair skin and freckles. Both babies had hair down to their eyebrows and very black hair on their bodies. It all fell out and that's when my sister's hair grew in strawberry blond.

very sad their mothers did not live to see the truth

Sue the hospital should jail the nurse as well

this actually happens a lot. I don't know why it's on the news.

Exactly my point!

Sounds like they both had good lives that's a blessing it is wierd though but family is more than blood

you obviously didn't watch till the end

Pfff...who told you that English is my own language. My point still stands. If you have to resort to misreading and swear words, something is not right in your head.

So I assume they didn't put bracelet tags on them. This is so absurd. What a shame.

that's where they got the tv show idea from! except its a little different

All because of some careless nurse and poor hospital practices. Hope they sued.

I was looking for a different family I had heard about. How many times has this happened?

I would like to know which one had the better life financially. I would really feel cheated if I got switched at birth and found out I missed out on a better life financially!

omg I love this crazy family!

that nurse should of been fired

They're both wearing polka dots. Is that deliberate?

When is the lawsuit coming?

Sad is that not being with there mom's and families from there birth

this is so sad :(

Deean lives in my neighborhood! I swear!:p

*I feel sorry for the mothers who never lived to see the truth. Now they clearly look very different but as infants, it’s sometimes hard to tell. However, they should have had some sort of paper bracelet with a name on the baby immediately after birth.*

Wtf. A family is a family wether they are bio or not. My cousins are adopted, but they are still my cousins.

Blessings

Genetics isn't as concrete as that.

explain to me which part was mean.

Did you notice they both almost wear the same dress?

Terrible interviewer; can't keep herself from dominating the airwaves rather than allowing these women to speak without interruption.

Their lives were stolen by the hospital.

I thought this happens only in movies.

They are wearing almost matching outfits

This is surprising to me

Geez I hate it when tv personalities talk over the people that are on their show....grrrr

that's probably true, cause both of my parents have dark hair & brown eyes and my brother has green eyes and was born with light brown hair (his hair turned black when he turned like 7) and i have hazel eyes. But yeah, our grandma has also brown hair and green eyes lol

I feel just like the blond and brunette put together. I am a brunette. But i am the only one in my entire family that likes horses. everyone is even slightly afraid but if given the chance i will hop on one and ride away. EVERYONE in my family has dry brittle hair and fair pale skin. I have thick, definitely not dry hair. And i was born tan. the doctors thought i had Jondas (i think that is how you spell it.) everyone eats like a bird. i eat like there is no tomorrow. I am not like the rest.

What Oregon Hospital?

People make mistakes, that's a given. I've been queen of them and so am so very happy I never chose any type of job or career where big mistakes could lead to ruining lives or killing someone. So medical people have some guts, or they're crazy, lol! Of course whoever made this mistake never knew they made it. Or, hate to think this but these people exist ... what if one or both of the moms was a bit aggressive with this person? What if this was done intentionally? They say "accidental", but they really don't know that. I felt really sad for the blonde. She seems to be holding back some secrets herself. Like something happened to her that would otherwise not have happened if they weren't switched. I never judge people for their mistakes. Where I get crazy mad, is when people use all their energy to maintain some sort of "perfect" character and so take no responsibility for their mistakes. The problem is, mistakes are what propels us to evolve, grow up, learn and so not repeat those mistakes. That's a big and ugly part of the human condition, because this leads to them grabbing whatever convenient scapegoat is available to pin their mistake or conscious decision on. I believe these perfect people are called Narcissists. They SUCK BAD!

I feel bad for the blonde...she doesn't get to meet her mama😕

I believe that everything happen for a reason.

the nurse is probably not alive now so.. but woah this is insane

Diane Sawyer is awesome. So personable and warm

Well what took you so long???

I resort to misreading? What? Get an education and apologize to your parents because you don't actually love them.

So did they switch names?

Best way to check is to get DNA from both parents and have it checked aganst yours. A little blood on a bandaid would work I think. I think it would have horrible if I ever found out I was switched. My mom and I are real close. But I look like my family so most likely no problems there.

They have the same birthday as me except mine is 2004