An I.V.F. Mix-Up, a Shocking Discovery and an Unbearable Choice

November 25, 2024

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(New York Times) – Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other’s genetic children. Should they switch their girls?

Alexander would convince himself that everything was fine, only to be walloped once again by the suspicion that May was not his genetic child. Daphna, who was accustomed to calming Alexander’s worries, quickly tired of his nervous jokes about the clinic. Looking back, she realized that her consciousness was working on two levels, that her mind was laboring not to see what was fairly obvious. She often sought reassurance from a baby photo of herself that her mother sent her, in which she closely resembled May. But occasionally, when Daphna looked in the mirror, she would see her own face and think it looked strange — as if there were something wrong with her. (Read More)