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I guess the two mechanisms that come to mind: 1. Drug and kidnap the woman, implant an embryo that isn't hers, and bring her back home without her finding out.
by waterhouse 8y ago
I guess the two mechanisms that come to mind:
1. Drug and kidnap the woman, implant an embryo that isn't hers, and bring her back home without her finding out.
2. Switch the baby with another plausible-looking one in the hospital. (I have heard this happens more than one might expect. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-08-16/features/1998228086_1_bracelet-delivery-room-baby-id http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-08-16/features/1998228... says "About 28,000 babies get switched in hospitals every year, temporarily or permanently, out of four million births", though "most mistakes are fixed before the baby leaves the hospital".)
- bangonkeyboard 8y ago3. The mother is a genetic chimera whose womb has differing DNA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild
- mbreese 8y agoAn IVF mixup is another... Or a kid who was unknowingly raised by their grandparents is an example where you’d see both parents misattributed.
- toomanybeersies 8y ago> Or a kid who was unknowingly raised by their grandparents is an example where you’d see both parents misattributed. I know a guy who this happened to. He got a Mormon girl pregnant and was basically paid to go away, and the child was raised by the grandparents.