Overview
- The switch was uncovered when at‑home genealogy testing linked the two men to each other’s families, a discovery that prompted further DNA testing and family meetings about two years ago.
- The families filed a state court complaint in July 2026 alleging hospital employees or agents switched the newborns and then failed to correct the error, and they are seeking damages for the lost parent‑child experiences.
- Unity Medical Center confirms both babies were born at the facility on the same day in 1988 and says the newborns were later separated from their biological parents, but the hospital denies staff responsibility.
- The hospital also says relevant medical and staffing records no longer exist and no members of the 1988 delivery team remain employed there, a gap the lawsuit says will not bar liability claims.
- Plaintiffs point to DNA matches and a hospital bracelet that misidentified one infant as physical evidence, and the case underlines how consumer DNA testing is surfacing long‑buried parentage errors that create legal and emotional ripple effects.