'We always joked dad looked nothing like his parents - then we found out why'
Published: 6/7/2025

A man discovers his father was swapped at birth nearly 80 years ago after genetic testing. More cases of babies being swapped in maternity wards from the late 1940s to the 1960s are surfacing due to affordable genetic testing. This incident sheds light on a time when babies were not as carefully identified in hospitals, leading to accidental mix-ups, as highlighted by stories of other individuals previously affected by such errors.