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Babies Switched At Birth Discover The Mistake 43 Years Later

<div><p>After Kay McDonald and Mari Miller gave birth to their daughters in May 1951, both mothers waited anxiously for their baby girls to be bathed and swaddled. </p><p>But, when Mari Miller was handed her daughter, she told the nurse that she had the wrong baby. Her husband, Reverand Miller, assured her that the little girl must be theirs - he didn't want to embarrass the doctor. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/babies.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>Although Miller suspected, McDonald had no idea that for 43 years, the mothers had raised each other's daughters.</p><p>Mari Miller raised a daughter she named Marti, while Kay McDonald raised a daughter she named Sue. It wasn't until a letter written by Mrs. Miller some 43 years later, that the truth was revealed.</p><p>Listen to the emotional <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/360/switched-at-birth">audio recording</a> from the show <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/search?keys=switched%20at%20birth">This American Life</a>, or read the full <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/360/transcript">transcript</a>.</p><p>[Source:<a href="http://www.spring.st/took-the-wrong-baby-home"> Spring. St</a>/ <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/360/transcript">This American Life</a>]</p><p></p><p></p></div>

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