“How is this Possible? My Husband and I are Not the Parent of Our Last Child” – Woman Cries Out

A Nigerian couple’s life was thrown into chaos after discovering that the youngest child they had been raising for years was not biologically related to either of them.

The couple, married for six years and parents to three children, had recently begun making plans to relocate abroad.

As part of the process, the husband insisted on paternity tests for all three children to prove parentage for immigration purposes.

DNA Test Sparks Family Crisis

The results shocked the family: while the eldest two children were confirmed as theirs, the youngest child tested negative. The husband reportedly returned home in a rage.

“My home was on fire,” the mother said. “Everything was turned upside down. He was shouting and screaming that I was cheating and that I had brought another man’s child into our home. I was confused because I had never stepped outside this marriage.”

The husband allegedly called her parents, relatives, and friends, spreading accusations about her character. He threatened to end the marriage immediately.

“Thank God he hadn’t gotten the visa yet,” she said. “Otherwise, he could have been accused of fraud. He was bitter, angry, and furious.”

Determined to Prove the Truth

Despite the accusations, the mother knew she had not been unfaithful. “I kept asking myself, ‘How is this possible? How could I bring another man’s child into our home?’”

She suggested a second DNA test, but her husband refused to pay for it. Taking matters into her own hands, she used her own money to test both her husband and herself again.

The results were shocking: the child was still not her husband’s. Even more devastatingly, she discovered she was not the child’s biological mother either.

“I was furious,” she said. “Something had gone wrong at the hospital. If I had cheated on my husband, it would have explained it, but I hadn’t.”

Hospital Error Revealed

Further investigation revealed a heartbreaking truth: the child they had been raising belonged to another family, while their biological child was being raised elsewhere.

The mother, who delivered via C-section, had been mistakenly given the wrong baby by the hospital.

“My child was alive, and that is all that matters,” she said. “But this experience has been traumatic. We had been raising another family’s child, while our own child was with strangers.”

Lessons Learned and Advice

The mother warned other parents to be vigilant when registering for hospital deliveries.

“From the day you register for antenatal care, if they tell you nobody will be allowed in the labour room, don’t register there. Mistakes like this can happen.”

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The family is now focused on reconnecting with their biological child while coping with the emotional toll of the hospital mix-up.