{"id":274,"date":"2024-11-03T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T16:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=274"},"modified":"2024-11-03T16:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T16:32:30","slug":"women-finds-out-she-isnt-the-biological-mom-of-her-3-kids-story-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/274","title":{"rendered":"Women Finds Out She Isn&rsquo;t the Biological Mom of Her 3 Kids &ndash; Story of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='\"PostImage_post-image-container__PlDZN' postcontent_thumb-image__ih052>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"' data-testid='\"thumb-image\"'><picture><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' postimage_post-image__xnmzf src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/2d9b3ef2f0e865331ed83cf32da57ef9.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' baby sleeping on a crib source: shutterstock>\n\n<div class='\"PostContent_thumb-title__SoMYI\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>A baby sleeping on a crib\n<div class='\"ContentRenderer_content-container__XYPLT\"' data-io-article-url='\"https:\/\/amomama.com\/438735-women-finds-out-she-isnt-the-biological.html?m=doa\"'>\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36' contentrenderer_paragraph-first___d_vf>My cheating husband tried to convince everyone that my kids weren\u2019t mine, and DNA tests proved his words. But later, I discovered the truth, and I could\u2019ve never predicted it.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>I discovered that my husband, Paul, was having an affair with our next-door neighbor. When I confronted him, he admitted it and filed for divorce. But I told him he was going to pay through the nose in child support.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cI\u2019m not going to pay because I\u2019ll get full custody of those kids!\u201d he yelled. I laughed, but he smiled smugly as if he knew something I didn\u2019t. We started our court proceedings, and my husband started lying through his nose.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/J7lOTJnSDQHPQr5SWFMhct7NSy09B6HIsgOHdyFfFQ8\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vNzVkM2RlMmRkMDYxNTE3YWNiNGY3NDNjNTFiZmRiMjEuanBlZz93aWR0aD0xODgwJmhlaWdodD0xMjUzJndpZHRoPTE4ODAmaGVpZ2h0PTEyNTMmd2lkdGg9MTg4MCZoZWlnaHQ9MTI1Mw.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/75d3de2dd061517acb4f743c51bfdb21.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only source: pexels width='\"1880\"' height='\"1253\"'>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cMy wife traveled all the time during her pregnancies and came back with a baby. I think she tricked me and used an illegal surrogate to have my babies. But they don\u2019t belong to her,\u201d he told the judge.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>I couldn\u2019t believe he would say something so crazy. I delivered all three of my children, but he wasn\u2019t around because he always drank with his buddies. He never saw me giving birth.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n<div class='\"Ad-Container' advintextbuilder_slot-wrapper___oz3g>\n<div class='\"Ad-Container' advslots_adv-square-wrap__va0pf advslots_adv-square-wrap__bxsu_>\n<div class='\"AdvSlots_adv-square__246sC\"' data-slot-type='\"1\"' data-position='\"in_article_2\"' data-code='\"\/21668216007\/d_amomama_com_intext_02\"'>\n<div id='\"in_article_2\"' class='\"AdvSlots_slot__YAMh2\"'>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cLet\u2019s get a DNA test, and it\u2019ll show that those kids are mine but not hers!\u201d Paul exclaimed again. The judge didn\u2019t believe him but ordered the tests anyway. Much to everyone\u2019s shock, he was right.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>My three children, who I carried for nine months, didn\u2019t share my DNA. \u201cThis is impossible,\u201d I muttered during our meeting with the lawyers and the judge.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cSee? She can\u2019t have those children because they\u2019re mine, and she probably did something illegal to avoid being a mother herself. She\u2019s a criminal, Your Honor. You can\u2019t let her have custody,\u201d Paul added.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/7AH0zOGOvGvICB4mWJyIshxvDnPgiloNPpQyuSb9rMk\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vNmJmMDNhNzI2ZDc4NmQ4MTI3NTY1N2Y0NGUxZjVlMmIuanBlZz93aWR0aD0xODU0JmhlaWdodD0xMzAwJndpZHRoPTE4NTQmaGVpZ2h0PTEzMDAmd2lkdGg9MTg1NCZoZWlnaHQ9MTMwMA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/6bf03a726d786d81275657f44e1f5e2b.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only source: pexels width='\"1854\"' height='\"1300\"'>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>My lawyer protested and stated that despite DNA results, I was still their legal mother. But after considering the evidence, the judge ruled in my husband&rsquo;s favor. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Mrs. Warren. But until we conduct a formal investigation into this, the children will stay with their father,\u201d the judge declared.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cNo, this can\u2019t be happening to me,\u201d I cried to my lawyer, Mr. Wombs.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cThis is not over, Amanda. But you need to tell me the truth. Did you do something illegal? Did you use a surrogate and lie to your husband? Right now, the judge believes Mr. Warren because the DNA proved his words right,\u201d Mr. Wombs asked.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cYes! I swear those babies are mine. I carried them. I spent 15 hours in labor with my first son, Luca. Mason and Frankie took around 10 hours each, but all three are mine!\u201d I declared vehemently.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Ok. I believe you. I\u2019m going to find out what happened,\u201d Mr. Wombs replied. But I was too distraught at losing my babies to believe him. Did Paul fake those results? Did he pay a doctor to alter them? What happened?\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g' image_wrapper-vertical__pwzar>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/7CSqqxLirp4tiXsoj_qyAY4UE16X0IB8fzQA1NcYwXU\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vMjRkZWY0NTZmOTJjMGVjYTIwMjdlZjI4YTdhNGY4ODIuanBnP3dpZHRoPTEyODAmaGVpZ2h0PTE5MjAmd2lkdGg9MTI4MCZoZWlnaHQ9MTkyMCZ3aWR0aD0xMjgwJmhlaWdodD0xOTIwJndpZHRoPTEyODAmaGVpZ2h0PTE5MjA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/24def456f92c0eca2027ef28a7a4f882.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only source: pexels width='\"1280\"' height='\"1920\"'>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>A few days later, Mr. Wombs called me and asked me to get some tests done. \u201cListen, one of my friends is a doctor, and he told me about a case similar to yours. Now, it\u2019s rare, and I don\u2019t want to get your hopes up. But did anyone ever talk to you about chimera?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cNo, what is that?\u201d I asked.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cMy friend explained that it\u2019s a condition where a living being has two sets of DNA. In humans, that can only happen when one twin absorbs the other.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cOMG! But wouldn\u2019t the doctors have caught it when my mother was pregnant?\u201d I wondered.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not a physician myself, but we\u2019re going to see a few specialists and discover if this happened to you,\u201d Mr. Wombs assured.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g' image_wrapper-vertical__pwzar>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/B7WSXxQpQLHVj9LAofXKK2OSEEPacjkX233ekGwwI_8\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vNmFjNDRlZmZiNzc2MDUyMWE1YjBhNjEwYmFhZjVkYWQuanBnP3dpZHRoPTEyODAmaGVpZ2h0PTE3OTImd2lkdGg9MTI4MCZoZWlnaHQ9MTc5MiZ3aWR0aD0xMjgwJmhlaWdodD0xNzky.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/6ac44effb7760521a5b0a610baaf5dad.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only source: pexels width='\"1280\"' height='\"1792\"'>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>We went to see several people, including DNA specialist Dr. Zack Goldman, who confirmed my condition. I absorbed my twin so early while my mother was pregnant that her doctor wouldn\u2019t have noticed she was carrying twins at all.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cYou see, Your Honor. The DNA in Mrs. Warren\u2019s hair and skin doesn\u2019t match the same for her three children, but the specialist collected DNA from her cervical region, which matched the kids,\u201d Mr. Wombs told the judge.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cThey are lying! That\u2019s not possible!\u201d Paul screamed.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cLuckily, I have proof from past medical journals that this has happened to other women before. It\u2019s rare, but Mrs. Warren is carrying both her DNA and her twin&rsquo;s. Her children inherited one set of her DNA that can be found in other places of her body,\u201d Mr. Wombs explained.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g' image_wrapper-vertical__pwzar>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/Sjea7MXLhA5jvp5pu5G-Qz8ghVDBd_f6LHyg0tuDaJk\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vYzQ4NjgzZTA1ZDFjOTNjMmM0ODRkODYzODZiMzZiZDMuanBnP3dpZHRoPTEyODAmaGVpZ2h0PTE5MjAmd2lkdGg9MTI4MCZoZWlnaHQ9MTkyMCZ3aWR0aD0xMjgwJmhlaWdodD0xOTIw.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/c48683e05d1c93c2c484d86386b36bd3.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"For' illustration purposes only source: pexels width='\"1280\"' height='\"1920\"'>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>After reviewing the records, the judge ruled in my favor. He granted the divorce, and my ex-husband had to pay a huge amount for child support and restitution for the pain he caused me with his lies.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>I researched everything about chimera and even got close to the specialist who had helped Mr. Wombs clear my case. As fate would have it, we eventually got married and pregnant. He was there to see me give birth.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Oh, and my ex-husband? His mistress dumped him because he had no money. You gotta love karma!\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>A baby sleeping on a crib My cheating husband tried to convince everyone that my kids weren\u2019t mine, and DNA tests proved his words. But later, I discovered the truth, and I could\u2019ve never predicted it. I discovered that my husband, Paul, was having an affair with our next-door neighbor. 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