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More than Friends

Leon Swanson and David Tait Jr. were born just days apart, and have been friends all their lives. Among the things they had in common was gossip about their limited resemblance to their parents. Perhaps they resembled each other’s parents more: DNA testing shows that Tait Jr.’s biological mother is the woman Swanson thought was his mother. The men, 41, are believed to have been switched at birth at Norway House Indian Hospital in Manitoba, Canada. “I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to say,” said Swanson, crying. (AC/National Post) ...Consider saying you’re all family.
Original Publication Date: 04 September 2016
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.

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