A mistake that changed a person’s life
In 2002, two babies born almost at the same time were accidentally exchanged in the Spanish city of Logroño, in La Rioja region.
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The incident happened in San Millán hospital, which is now closed.
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The two daughters were taken to the incubator area because they weighed only 1.5 kilos.
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After their recovery, a hospital worker apparently confused them and the babies were given to the wrong families.
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Today, one of the baby girls, who is a 19-year-old woman, is asking for a €3 million compensation in damages from health authorities in La Rioja.
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Nobody suspected what had happened until the girl took a DNA test which proved that she had grown up with the wrong family.
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After a rigorous investigation, the authorities finally identified her biological parents, who had taken care of a non-biological daughter.
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The case, revealed by the online regional newspaper LaRioja.com in September 2021, has revolutionized the lives of both families —they just couldn’t believe it.
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Now the biological parents of the victim have offered to welcome their biological daughter into their family.
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Alicia Redondo, lawyer of the biological parents, has expressed her clients’ firm decision “to accept as an integral part of the family a daughter who, for unfortunate reasons, has lived apart from us”.
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But this decision doesn’t affect the non-biological daughter that the couple has raised for nearly two decades.
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“At the same time, they are going to defend the position of a daughter who has been part of the family since she was born”, concluded Alicia.