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Shocked Mother Discovers Her Twins Have Two Different Fathers
A Texan mother has astonished doctors by the discovery that her twin boys have two different fathers.
Shocked Mia Washington and her partner had been confused that the boys did not look facially alike.
Paternity tests later revealed that the 11-month-old twins Justin and Jordan had a 99.99% chance of having different fathers.
Doctors later explained that two eggs had been fertilized at the same time by the sperm of two different men.
The mother later admitted that she had not been faithful to her partner, and had had an affair at the time of the pregnancy.
Washington told Fox News “Out of all people in America and of all people in the world, it had to happen to me,”
“I’m very shocked.”
Although it is very rare, and there is only a few cases that have been documented worldwide, it can happen.
When twins have different fathers, it is called heteropaternal superfecundation.
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Women Reunited 56 Years After Hospital Mix-Up
Two woman have been reunited 56 years after they were accidentally switched after they were born.
In 1953, two baby girls were born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Eastern Oregon.
Both ladies are now married, with children and grandchildren. Last summer, suspicions were aroused after an 86-year-old woman who knew both mothers voiced her concerns.
Kay Rene Reed Qualls and DeeAnn Angell Shafer underwent DNA tests revealed her suspicions to Bobby Reed, brother of Kay Rene.
The unnamed lady had been the neighbor of the Angell family, and a friend to his mother. He told the local newspaper this week “She said she had something she had to get off her chest,”
The lady recalled that in 1953, Marjorie Angell had been concerned that she had been given the wrong baby after the newborns had been bathed. She had been assured that no mistake had taken place.
Comparing photos of DeeAnn Shafer’s sister as a child, there had been a strong resemblance to Kay Rene as a child.
“Kay Rene is not a Reed,” the woman had told Mr Reed. “DeeAnn is a Reed.”
The brother later realized that there had been rumors of the babies being mixed up for several years.
DNA results now show that there is zero chances that Qualls is related to her brother, compared to Shafer’s DNA having 99.9 percent chances of being related to Mr Reed.
“I cried,” Qualls said. “I wanted to be a Reed — my life wasn’t my life.”
Shafer had not been surprised, as had suspicions raised after meeting Kay Rene’s sister: “I was shocked — she looked just like my sister’s twin.”
Both women are trying to move on with their lives and have formed a close relationship.
“I’m trying to move forward at look at the positive,” Shafer told the newspaper. “You can’t look back. It just drives you crazy.”
The hospital have offered to provide and pay for counseling, which the pair have declined.
