The results confirmed something none of us had expected. Luke and Ben were biological brothers, but neither result supported the family relationships recorded on their original paperwork. The hospital investigation uncovered a serious identification error involving two newborn babies on the night they were born.
The records had been mixed up during an emergency transfer. Both families had unknowingly raised the wrong child. Mike covered his mouth as tears filled his eyes. Luke stared at Ben’s photograph. “So we’ve been brothers all along?” he whispered. But the hospital had one more revelation to share.
