Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago

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Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago

By MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, THOMAS PEIPERT and GENE JOHNSON
Updated 8:17 PM EDT, July 17, 2026
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COLORADO CITY, Colo. (AP) — The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead.

Kyle Bylin discovered his birth family after taking an at-home test he chose randomly during a Christmas gift-exchange. That led to his biological aunt on a genealogy platform. Her nephew, Jeremy Morrison, then had his DNA tested. The results were irrefutable. ... “That’s when my mind was just completely blown,” Bylin said. “We could have never imagined that it was an actual birth switch that occurred.”

Morrison said he was convinced as soon as he saw a photo of Bylin’s brother and realized they looked very much alike. ... Bylin and Morrison were the only babies born on Jan. 26, 1988, at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, North Dakota, according to their lawsuit filed in state court last week. Somehow, they went home with the wrong parents.

A hospital statement says there’s no evidence staff was responsible for the switch. ... But Bylin, born Jeremy Morrison, says he still has the hospital bracelet that misidentified him as Kyle Bylin.

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[GreatGazoo]

1. Fascinating

Morrison now lives in Colorado City, Colorado, and works as a welding inspector for a wind energy company. Had he not been switched at birth, he figures he'd still be with his biological brother and father, working on the North Dakota grain farm where Bylin grew up.
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For Bylin, questions about nature versus nurture have become more personal. As he pursued an academic career far from North Dakota, he figured the political debates over Thanksgiving dinner were just a staple of American family life.

"You're just kind of shaking your fist, like, how can this be my family? How am I so different from them?" Bylin said. "It turns out that we're just totally different people, period."

https://abc7.com/post/men-sue-hospital-dna-tests-showed-were-switched-birth-38-years-ago/19528958/

One of the mothers was adopted so she believed her unknown ancestry could explain the physical dissimilarities.

I grew up with farm kids. Great people, great families but they worked their butts off. Fell asleep on their desks in First grade and the teacher let them sleep by the cubbys.

[3Hotdogs]

2. I wonder if my brother was switched at birth. I can't imagine my mother actually giving birth to a roust-about like Jim.

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Me? I graduated college with honors. Jimmy has been on welfare since he was four years old. Jimmy use'ta steal my Christmas toys and break 'em on me. I would buy Reeses' peanut cups with two cups and give him one. He would never even thank me. Even today, when I bring it up, he says I owe it to him.

They bought him a used 55 Ford as his first car in 1961. I got a 3 speed bicycle. He says that was because he was a "cute little dickens" and I was - and still am as homely as one of the winners of the yearly ugly dog contest.*


He says I should just forget about all this and let things be.

Should I?







* In particular, the winner of the 2016 contest.

[Scrivener7]

3. He sounds like an abusive creep.