A DNA test of a Christmas gift revealed a 38 year old scary secret: Two children were transformed in the hospital, as soon as the truth came out, the ground slipped under their feet, now the case was filed.

Such a strange and emotional incident has come to light from North Dakota, America, which will shock the heart of any parent. Here 38 years ago, due to an alleged negligence of the hospital administration, two newborn babies were interchanged. For decades, both the children grew up in separate families and considered themselves to be of the same blood. But a recent home DNA test exposed this dark secret, following which both the victim men and their families have filed a massive lawsuit against the hospital, accusing them of ‘snatching away their real lives’.

Decades old secret revealed by a simple Christmas gift

This whole story started when a person named Kyle Bailin received an ‘at-home DNA test kit’ while exchanging gifts on Christmas. Kyle did his test out of curiosity and uploaded the results to a genealogy website. There he found a match with the profile of a woman who looked like his real aunt. When the woman’s real nephew Jeremy Morrison came to know about this, he also got his DNA test done. The test results were a complete surprise—Kyle and Jeremy were actually switched parents at birth. Jeremy was fully convinced of this when he saw a picture of Kyle’s brother, whose appearance was exactly like Jeremy’s.

That one night of 26 January 1988, which changed the fate

According to the case documents filed in the court, this entire incident took place on January 26, 1988. Only these two children were born that day at ‘Unity Medical Center’ located in Grafton, North Dakota. Due to some major lapse on the part of the hospital staff, both the children were sent to their homes with the wrong parents. Kyle (who was actually born Jeremy) told that he still has the hospital bracelet from his childhood, which had the false identity registered on it. After this truth came to light, both the families are in deep shock and confusion.

‘The hospital took away my real son from me’

This revelation has devastated both the mothers. Evelyn Newton, Kyle’s foster mother, said emotionally, “Kyle will always be my son, this love can never diminish. But I feel as if someone has taken away from me the life I should have lived with my biological son. Now I can’t go back to 1988 and watch my real son take his first steps, teach him how to drive or see his wedding.” On the other hand, Jeremy says that this test will not diminish his love for his family which raised him for 38 years and gave him good education.

Hospital washed its hands off: Records missing

After the case was registered, Unity Medical Center issued a statement admitting that there had been exchange of children, but they clearly refused to accept the mistake of their staff. The hospital administration argues that almost four decades have passed since this incident, hence neither the medical and staffing records of that period are safe nor are any members of that delivery team working here today. In such a situation, it is difficult to prove whose fault it was. At present, this case is in the court and in this era of modern genetics technology, this incident remains a topic of discussion all over the world.