Mom's DNA Test Reveals Daughter Was Switched at Birth | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN

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Published 2020-12-01
When Paula Johnson took a DNA test, she received the shocking news that the girl she raised as her own was not her biological daughter. There had been a terrible mix-up at the hospital and two little girls, Rebecca and Callie, were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong mothers. In 2001, Paula sat down with Oprah to share her story and how learning the results of the DNA test proved life-changing. For more on #oprahwinfreyshow, visit WatchOWN.tv/TOWS

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All Comments (21)
  • @abbie.ireland
    This is why babies shouldn’t leave their mother’s side.
  • @ashersampson
    As a Mother this story is very hard to digest. I would want the child I raised as much as the child they I gave life to... so much conflict and sadness ... nobody wins
  • @maezin1386
    This is exactly why my hospital doesn’t have the baby leave the room during the entire hospital stay.
  • @beminejunji
    it’s so sad knowing that callie will never know her parents and her parents will never know who their real daughter is 🥺😭
  • @mrsTraveller64
    I believe that they should give both girls to the one surviving mother AND give the grandparents visitationrights every second weekend two whole days.
  • @purysambi313
    the girl with no parents eventually got a mom. ..
  • When When my son was born by an emergency C-section I remember the nurse was taking him to the birthing table I remember telling the nurse let me see him because I wanted to lay eyes on my baby I didn’t want them to bring him to me later without having seen him first in the operating room because I wanted to make sure I knew what his face look like
  • @LAVirgo67
    There is a miracle here in that the mom & dad that died, along w/ their children, did NOT have the switched daughter with them! Imagine if Paula Johnson had found out that her biological daughter had died?! That would have been so tragic.
  • @drewconway7135
    What a horrible story. I feel so sorry for Callie. Imagine being told at 6 years old that the mother who has been raising you is not your biological mother and that your real mother is dead. That would rock my world, especially to find out that the whole reason things have gone on as they did is because somebody at the hospital was careless.
  • Damn! Rebecca’s life sounds like a movie, I feel so bad that Whitney didn’t get to see her daughter 😭
  • @BlueJWay999
    makes you wonder how often this has happened and gone unnoticed.
  • @kjdnyhmghfvb
    The little girls looked just like their Bio mothers
  • @Polkadotpearl
    I’d love to see an update on what these girls think now that they are grown.
  • @juliablake661
    from a legal perspective it's strange that Paula wouldn't be awarded sole custody of her biological daughter.
  • @Vintagecharm57
    It seems like this happens far more than anyone realized. I was also switched at birth (back in the late 1950’s), but the mistake was discovered within 24 hours and both myself and the other baby girl were reunited with our biological parents. It’s so scary that such mixups are still happening. How many never find out?
  • Why in the world would this wonderful woman NOT be given her biological daughter after theres proof of the mistake AND the parents have died. That is literally her kid, and belongs with her.
  • There is so much more to being a mom than giving birth. Both of these girls have had great moms regardless of dna.
  • @DKFynn
    It's interesting: she gave birth to one child, and (in a way) ended up with two.