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Man Takes DNA Test After Suspecting Child Is “Too Pretty” To Be His—Discovers Stunning Twist
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Man Takes DNA Test After Suspecting Child Is “Too Pretty” To Be His—Discovers Stunning Twist

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A man opened a Pandora’s box of family secrets after accusing his wife of being unfaithful.

The Vietnamese man, whose name has not been disclosed, began to suspect his daughter wasn’t biologically his when he noticed she resembled neither him nor his wife.

The couple lived in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam, with their daughter, Lan, who was three years old when they moved, according to local media outlet Docnhanh.

Highlights
  • A man suspects daughter isn't his, so he takes a DNA test.
  • DNA test later reveals daughter isn't his biological child.
  • Mother's DNA test later reveals the daughter isn't biologically hers, either.

As Lan grew into a teenager, the man couldn’t shake the feeling that he wasn’t her biological father—he reportedly thought she was “too pretty” to be his. So, he took a DNA test, which confirmed that Lan was not his biological daughter.

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After learning the truth, the man reportedly grew distant from the girl and his wife, Hong, and developed a drinking habit.

One night, after coming home drunk, he confronted Hong with the DNA results, but she vehemently denied having been unfaithful.

Eventually, Hong and Lan moved to the capital city Hanoi, where Lan started a new school.

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At the new school, Lan met another girl in her class who had been born on the same date and at the same hospital as her.

This coincidence brought them closer, and the girls soon organized a joint birthday party at one of their houses.

At the party, Hong noticed something unusual about Lan’s friend—she looked strikingly similar to herself as a young woman.

This prompted the friend’s family to request that Hong take a DNA test. That’s when she learned that she wasn’t Lan’s mother, either, but rather her friend’s.

After the results confirmed that the girl, Lan, wasn’t his biological daughter, he grew distant from his family

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The two girls had been switched at birth at the hospital. Hong and her husband had brought Lan home, when in reality, they should have brought home their biological daughter— Lan’s friend.

Following these revelations, the two families began spending more time together, though they agreed not to tell the girls the truth yet.

It’s not known if the families will take legal action against the hospital.

Lan and her mother, Hong, decided to move to a different city, where Lan started a new school…and met Hong’s biological daughter

Image credits: Vidal Balielo Jr. (not the actual photo)

A similar case occurred in Colombia in 1988, but multiplied by two. Two sets of identical twin brothers—Carlos and Wilber Bernal Castro, and William and Jorge Canas Velasco— were mixed up at a hospital in Bogotá. Each family unknowingly took home one of their biological twins and one twin from the other family.

The four of them eventually met through a series of chance events. Their encounter started when a colleague of Jorge, an office worker, went to buy meat at William’s butcher shop in Bogotá, and was struck by how much the two men resembled each other.

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Curious, she showed a photo of William to Jorge, who also noticed the resemblance. When Jorge looked William up on Facebook, he found a photo of William’s brother, who looked exactly like the man he had grown up with and believed to be his twin.

The story was recently told in Netflix’s documentary The Accidental Twins.

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Similarly, in 2022, Georgian student Elene Deisadze stumbled upon the social media account of a woman who looked identical to her while browsing TikTok.

After reaching out to the woman, Anna Panchulidze, they discovered that they were both 19 years old. As they got to know each other online, the young women learned that they were both adopted.

Elene and Anna decided to take DNA tests, which confirmed they were identical twins that had been separated at birth. 

“The two daughters shall have two sets of parents,” one reader commented

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Hey there! I'm a Visual Editor in News team. My responsibility is to ensure that you can read the story not just through text, but also through photos. I get to work with a variety of topics ranging from celebrity drama to mind-blowing Nasa cosmic news. And let me tell you, that's what makes this job an absolute blast! Outside of work, you can find me sweating it out in dance classes or unleashing my creativity by drawing and creating digital paintings of different characters that lives in my head. I also love spending time outdoors and play board games with my friends.

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Sand Ers
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The two daughters absolutely have a right to know. They’re teens. They’re old enough to understand what happened.

Andrea Steinacher
Community Member
1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, where I live, newborns get a marking band with the name of the mother on it around the wrist as soon as they are born, which can only be removed using a scissor, to avoid swapping babies. Isn´t that hard, is it?

Trillian
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4 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just kept my daughter next to me at all times. Instructed the father ahead of the birth that should and emergency c-section become necessary, he was to not let the baby out of sight. She was born at 4 am and we were home with her by 8 am.

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Hidalgo
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is probably time to add dna testing to the tests done at birth.

Judes
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would not help. Babies could still get switched after the tests.

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Sand Ers
Community Member
1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The two daughters absolutely have a right to know. They’re teens. They’re old enough to understand what happened.

Andrea Steinacher
Community Member
1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, where I live, newborns get a marking band with the name of the mother on it around the wrist as soon as they are born, which can only be removed using a scissor, to avoid swapping babies. Isn´t that hard, is it?

Trillian
Community Member
4 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just kept my daughter next to me at all times. Instructed the father ahead of the birth that should and emergency c-section become necessary, he was to not let the baby out of sight. She was born at 4 am and we were home with her by 8 am.

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Hidalgo
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is probably time to add dna testing to the tests done at birth.

Judes
Community Member
1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would not help. Babies could still get switched after the tests.

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