US EditionMan Allegedly Switched at Birth Discovers Mix-Up on Ancestry Site 60 Years Later
- Kevin McMahon, 64, discovered he was allegedly switched at birth in 1960 at a Queens hospital .
- His sister, Carol Vignola, submitted her DNA to Ancestry.com, revealing a brother named Ross, prompting further investigation .
- DNA tests confirmed Kevin was unrelated to his family and identified a biological brother, Keith McMahon, previously unknown to him .
- Kevin stated meeting his biological family felt like completing a jigsaw puzzle, explaining aspects of his childhood .
- Kevin is suing the hospital for the alleged mix-up, seeking acknowledgment of the error and highlighting the emotional distress caused .
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Man Allegedly Switched at Birth Discovers Mix-Up on Ancestry Site 60 Years Later
Kevin McMahon is suing Jamaica Hospital Medical Center after he says he discovered he was switched at birth and grew up with a family that were not his biological relatives six decades later.
Exclusive | LI man was switched at birth with baby who had the same last name — and discovered mix-up on ancestry site 60 years later: suit
Kevin McMahon of Long Island was switched at birth with a baby born minutes apart who had his same last name — and only learned the awful truth through ancestry.com, he told The Post in heartbreaking detail.
REPORTING. "The slightest camembert has its traceability, I'm also entitled to it!": in Paris, people born under X ask for legislation to evolve to facilitate the search for their origins.
The collective "Born under X from here and elsewhere" met Saturday in Paris to demand, in particular, that the health data of the biological parents of the born under X be transferred to the adoptive parents. Another point on which he wishes to be heard is the prohibition of DNA tests in France.
"You're still part of the family": 75 years later, she discovers through a DNA test that she was exchanged at birth
This is the second baby-to-maternity exchange relayed by the BBC, discovered through DNA testing, which would have taken place in the 1950s in an English institution.
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