Lydia Fairchild was told that her two children were not a genetic match with her and that therefore, biologically, she could not be their mother. The state accu

Lydia Fairchild was told that her two children were not a genetic match with her and that therefore, biologically, she could not be their mother. The state accused Fairchild of fraud and filed a lawsuit against her. Researchers later determined that the genetic mismatch was due to chimerism. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/case-lydia-fairchild-and-her-chimerism-2002 https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/case-lydia-fairchild-and-her-ch... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)