Is blood really thicker than water?

Question

If you found out that your child wasn't biologically yours would you want to keep the child you love or get your real child? As in if the hospital accidentally swapped two babies and you found about this later down the track? Would you swap so you had your biological baby or would you want to keep the child you had thought was yours for all that time?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

No way I have a 2, 8, and 11 year old and would not give them up for nothing, even if there not my real children

Answer 3

Sounds like Endless Love: Autumn In My Heart.. We'll I'd rather keep them both..

Answer 4

u no. i saw my baby and didnt see her for 2 weeks due to health complications. i NEVER forgot what she looked like.

i had a room full of babies when she was born and i spoted her out and i didnt even no what she looked like at first as id not seen her. months instinct kicked in and i knew which was her.

then i didnt see her for 2 weeks due to severe health complications i had then i saw her. there was no mistaking i knew her and she knew my smell and i knew hers.

i find it hard to hear babies being swapped. how on earth wouldnt they know. just personal experience of 4 children. i knew then before i saw them and a room full of babies i still knew which was mine.

Answer 5

YES! Like DUH! xP

Answer 6

Well how do we know the family who has your biological child is the biological family of the child you currently have? If they are still babies, I might. But if they are old enough to know whats going on maybe there could be a family meet and see how things go.

Answer 7

In true honesty I would want my child back and then I realize that you have to consider the other people involved I would probably move to the neighborhood where my child was and give him/her the choice of living with me or staying close...

Answer 8

wow ..what a tough question ... i would be devastated if that happened BUT you would always want your own child i think regardless ...so yes blood is thicker than water although you would feel a connection to the other child no matter how long you had looked after them

Answer 9

I Just took one look at my son after reading that... and no i would NOT GIVE HIM BACK!!! i love my son to pieces and not even blood could over power this feeling.....I have grown to know he is my son...so no I dont think BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.....

Answer 10

Depends on the person and his or her idea of responsibility over love that has been built up. Many people think that if you are related you owe them a higher level of love and respect however in the west this is not the case as much as in the east.

Answer 11

yes, blood is thicker than water

Answer 12

I have no idea. I guess I would get both families together and see how the children respond. This depends on the age of the children as well. This is a good question & a tough one!!!

Answer 13

i would say keep the baby i have now but.. people always say they would do something in a situation but don't in reality. it's all over psychology research.. that always happens during the experiment. one of them for example is the "bystander effect"

Answer 14

Id want my baby.

He would never remember, and I would never tell.

But I plan to follow my child at all times in the hospital.

Its what my dad did and Im sure as h**l going to.

Answer 15

Keep it. I would still love it all the same. Although, I would want to meet my bio. child.

Answer 16

Depends on how long I have had the child for.  A few days to a couple of weeks, I would probably want my biological child back but if I've had the child for years ... there is no way I could swap for my biological child.  I would make an effort to contact my biological and stay in contact but asking me to give up a child I had raised for years is just not feasible.

Answer 17

Would love to bring up both, as own.

Answer 18

I would want my child back, but at the same time I would also consider the other parents. We've been raising each others children but have we bonded with them? Do we love them like our own since we didn't know? If the other family had been loving my child like I would have done, then that would be a hard thing to consider. The other thing is, how old are the kids at this point? If they're infants and they'll never remember it, then yeah I'd probably fight to get my child back........