Fierce_LiNk Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 "Two babies in the Czech Republic who were accidentally swapped at birth have been returned to their real parents. The parents decided to swap the girls back after DNA tests showed they had taken the wrong babies home. They then had weeks of counselling. They brought forward the date of the planned return after psychologists said it would harm the girls to delay. The hospital where they were born has sacked two nurses and disciplined five other staff members over the mix-up. But the hospital staff's mistake did not come to light until nine months later, when one of the fathers - who had dark hair and dark eyes - thought his blonde and blue-eyed daughter did not look like him. The interests of the adults have been cast aside, to the children's benefit Milan Smejkal, relative DNA tests showed she was not related to him - or to his partner. After deciding to swap back, the two sets of parents underwent an intensive process of preparation. They had sessions with social workers and psychologists, and began paying frequent but short visits to each other. ...I can't believe it took them so long before they even realised. I can't believe they made a mistake in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellyn Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 But the hospital staff's mistake did not come to light until nine months later, when one of the fathers - who had dark hair and dark eyes - thought his blonde and blue-eyed daughter did not look like him. Haha, I can imagine the conversation he had with his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patch Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 ...I can't believe it took them so long before they even realised.I can't believe they made a mistake in the first place! Is this your first visit to planet Earth? It's actually very difficult to see whether a baby is related to someone by looks alone - they can look vastly different at first and look more similar as they get older. Even though the hair and eye colour gave it away, it's still possible to have such a difference. Makes you wonder how much longer it would have taken if not for those differences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Nine months of a baby would make it devastating to have to swap. I feel really bad for these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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