‘She’s Not My Sister,’ He Said Of His Newborn Sibling. DNA Test Confirmed It
The tests were ready by Friday morning, and Curtis went online to get the results. On reading the document, he felt his heart stop beating.
“That’s not possible,” he exclaimed.
He called Lana, who came running with the baby in her arms. She read it and sat down, stunned.
She reread it; she wanted to ensure she understood everything. The results showed that Sara’s DNA did not combine with that of Lana and Curtis.
He also sat in stunned shock. Had Lana cheated on him? Is that why the DNA didn’t match?
He called the laboratory to make sure they understood the results correctly. The doctor confirmed everything.
The results showed beyond a doubt that Sara was not the daughter of Curtis nor the daughter of Lana.
“But how is that possible if she came out of me?” shouted Lana, crying and asking God how that was possible.
The Unthinkable Mistake and a Heartbreaking Choice
Curtis tried to console his wife, saying they should repeat the exam; after all, errors happen. But she didn’t want to hear it and continued crying until she suddenly stopped and asked,
“Did you see everything from her being born and put in my arms? Do you remember everything? Because I was anesthetized.”
Curtis said he also didn’t see anything because he had passed out after seeing the blood from the surgery. When he regained consciousness, the baby was already in her arms.
At that moment, an air of terror fell over the couple for the first time. They realized someone may have switched their baby with another in the maternity ward.
The following days dragged on for Curtis and Lana. Since the maternity ward, they loved that beautiful little girl, but the DNA said she was not their daughter.
Should they forget about all that and continue living as if Sara shared the same blood, or go after the truth and risk losing the child they loved?
Curtis could barely concentrate at work, and Lana now cared for Sara but didn’t feel the same intense love as before. The doubt planted by the DNA test and the situation in which the birth occurred buried all the happiness in that house.
Even Clarice was affected by the sense of dread and unhappiness. Finally, the couple decided to investigate the matter to discover the truth.
They took the DNA results to the maternity ward where Lana had given birth and demanded an investigation. Terrified of a possible lawsuit, the hospital administrators promised to do everything they could to discover what happened.
A team was designated to analyze all of the births from the same day near the time that Sara was born. After ten days, they found a family who may have ended up with Curtis and Lana’s biological child.
But unfortunately, it was a young couple living in much worse conditions than Fred’s parents. They had been living together with their inlaws ever since a storm destroyed their tiny house.
The girl who was with them, suspected of being Lana and Curtis’s legitimate child, had been born with a cleft lip. She needed corrective surgery and proper treatment to lead a full life in the future.
But the young couple caring for the child could not afford the surgery or treatments. When the maternity ward team contacted the young couple and explained the horrible mistake that had been made, the mother’s world came crashing down, wondering how they had let such a catastrophe happen.
The father was silent but equally saddened by the news. They were also attached to and loved the baby that, for months, they considered to be their daughter.
How could they separate from her now? It was the same dilemma faced by Lana and Curtis.
Now that they knew the truth, they felt a terrible mix of emotions when they looked at Sara. With no way out and determined to correct the error, the two families decided to exchange their babies.
A New Beginning and a Mystery Unsolved
That was the most difficult decision in the life of all four parents. To have to turn over the baby they knew and loved to another person…
Upon receiving a new child in their arms, they felt a mixture of indifference and excitement; after all, they didn’t know these little girls, but they were indeed the legitimate daughter of each of them.
Be that as it may, a new story began while another tale ended. On the way home, Curtis drove while Lana looked suspiciously at the child in her arms.
How long would it take for her to recognize Lana as her mother? And how long it would it take for Lana to feel for her what she had felt for Sara?
Curtis remembered how Fred, their first child, knew right when he saw the baby that it was not his real sister – and he was right in the end. How he knew, no one will ever know.
But Curtis wondered how his son would react when the new Sara arrived.
“Her hair is darker; it’s like ours. But her eyes are sort of bluish,” noted Lana.
Once again, Fred waited for his parents with grandma Clarice. He was calmer this time, not anxious at all.
His parents arrived, calmly exited their car, and entered the living room carrying the girl. Fred approached Lana and slowly lowered his gaze to the little girl.
He looked for a good while at the baby. She stretched her arms toward him, and a big smile slowly spread across Fred’s face.
“THIS is my sister. Can I hold her?” asked the boy, drawing tears from everyone present.
The girl adapted well to her new family. Curtis and Lana fell quickly in love with her, mainly because of Fred, who loved playing with and caring for the baby, making her laugh, and teaching her new tricks.
In time, it was possible to do the corrective surgery on her lip, leaving her even more beautiful than she already was. Fred and Sara grew up as two best friends.
To this day, years later, no one can explain how he had known that girl was not his sister. Even Fred himself can’t remember exactly why he thought that.
It is a mystery hidden in his childhood, but Clarice always says that it was thanks to him that two families were saved from a terrible mistake.
