38-year-old Americans Jeremy Morrison and Kyle Baylin sued the Unity Medical Center in North Dakota after accidentally learning through a commercial DNA test that they were probably not the sons of the parents who raised them. The men are sure that they were mixed up in the maternity hospital immediately after birth, as the analysis showed Bailin’s relationship with the Morrison family, writes People.
Baylin received the test as a Christmas gift and decided to take it to trace the German roots his mother had told him about. The analysis did not show this, but confirmed a full relationship with Morrison’s aunt, who was present in the database, the publication notes, citing the lawsuit.
The men soon contacted each other and came to the conclusion that they might have been mixed up in the maternity ward. Morrison and Baylin were born within hours of each other on January 28, 1988, in the same hospital, and apparently spent almost 40 years away from their biological families. Their parents are also named as plaintiffs in the complaint.
“Kyle will remain my son – nothing will change that. But it seems to me that my life with my biological son was stolen from me,” Bailin’s mother Evelyn Newton said in an interview with the Associated Press (AP).
🚨 DECADES-OLD MISTAKE: HOSPITAL SUED OVER BABY SWAP
A case 36 years in the making is heading to court. Two North Dakota families are suing Unity Medical Center in Grafton, alleging that hospital staff accidentally switched their newborns shortly after birth in 1988.
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Before going to court, Morrison and Baylin met with their biological parents. As AP notes, they received them cordially, but the communication was awkward. They communicated with each other only by phone.
“I'm afraid that if this happened to us, it could happen to many more people. “I’m glad that the hospital did not settle out of court and the situation will become known to a wider audience,” Morrison emphasized in an interview with People.
Unity Medical Center confirmed it delivered babies to Morrison and Bailin's mothers, and the children “appear to have been separated from their biological parents.” The administration, however, refused to take responsibility for the error.
“Unfortunately, after almost 40 years, medical records and personnel data that could clarify the situation have not been preserved. None of the team that delivered the baby also no longer works at the hospital,” the medical center noted.
The plaintiffs emphasized in the complaint that separation from their biological parents caused “irreversible harm” to all plaintiffs and sought compensation from the hospital. It is not yet known when the lawsuit may begin to be considered in court.
