Babies mixed up at birth seems to be a good plot for a book or movie. However, this actually happened in real life to Caterina Alagna and Melissa Fodera when they were switched at birth in the hospital in Mazara del Vallo in Sicily, Italy.
Caterina Alagna and Melissa Fodera, 23, were mixed up at birth in Sicily, Italy. For three years, both mothers Giselle and Marinella intuitively knew something such as little mannerisms, different facial features, and quirks were different about their daughters. Nevertheless, being first-time moms, both moms just assumed it was nervous because they wanted to be the best mom as possible.
It was not until Marinella was picking up her daughter Melissa at preschool that she noticed that there were striking similarities between Caterina and her own daughter.
Both mothers got together to talk and one striking moment replayed in their memories.This was the time when they were discharged from the hospital to take their daughters home, both had to ask staff the reason why their daughters were not wearing the same outfit they had brought for them. Hospital staff at that time assumed it was a mistake-perhaps it misplaced during a diaper change, or had got dirty. Both moms were reassured and then sent babies home.
2 moms still thought their daughters had been switched and then they decided to get DNA tests. Surprisingly, the results proved they got their babies mixed up at birth.
“I recognized Caterina’s mother, Gisella Fodera, from the maternity ward and got suspicious – 15 days later we did DNA tests and my mind went blank. It was too surreal, too impossible,” Marinella said.
After discovering the mix up, the two families didn’t swap kids but bonded and raised the girls as sisters. Instead of having one loving family, Caterina and Melissa now had two.
2 girls and their families spent holidays, birthdays and even weekends together. Melissa and Caterina became closer than sisters and the two did everything together including being college roommates. “Sisters forever,” they say. They always will be because their mothers chose to embrace a terrible situation for good.
“Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.”
Source: https://www.godupdates.com/
