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Switched at birth? Couple asks the state, hospital for DNA results

By Kamau Muthoni | 2yrs ago
Mama Lucy Hospital. Events happened four years ago at Mama Lucy Hospital and could change a family's future.[File, Standard]

Events that happened at Mama Lucy Hospital four years ago have forced a nursery school teacher to live in uncertainty of whether she is the real mother to her daughter.

The teacher and her husband, first-time parents, now live on the edges of two worlds.

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