Where do I begin if I think I was switched at birth?

Question

where would I start looking?

Answer 1

Is it possible that you weren't swapped but that only one of your parents is actually blood related to you?

For example if you someone with O had a child with someone who was A this could result in a child you was O.

Answer 2

If you were really switched at birth, it's highly unlikely that the hospital would have a record of it.  Switching babies isn't one of their normal procedures.  If it did happen, it would've been a mistake, and nobody realized it; or it would've been some sneaky nurse who thought it'd be a good joke, and she certainly wouldn't have written down what she did in the official records.

As Wendy C has said, your parents probably are your real parents.  But if you really want to know for sure, the best way to prove it is to have a DNA test.  Of course, you'd have to convince your parents to do it, too, because they'll need DNA from all of you in order to compare it.  Actually, if you have a brother or sister, you could compare your DNA to theirs.  That should work, as long as you're certain that they weren't switched at birth, too!

Someone suggested contacting the hospital to see about other births that day.  As Wendy C also pointed out, those records are private, so you won't have much luck there.  But you could look at the newspapers from the week you were born and look for baby announcements.  Then you could try to track those people down, somehow get to know them, and see if any of them seem like possible switch-partners.  

I hope you find an answer that will put your mind at ease!

Answer 3

oh yeah, DNA test are awesome, theyre pretty quick ,and they are 100% definate. Very easy to figure them out.

As with the blood thing, O people only pass on O's, AB's pass on A and B, and needing 2 alleles, you should be either A or B, its impossible to be O, maybe your mom is really your mom bu your dad isnt, cos if someone was A they can pass and O, and if someone is B they can pass an O also, but not an AB.

Answer 4

The hospital where you were born, assuming that you were born in a hospital. See if there were any other births that day.

Answer 5

at home.your parents are the ones that raised and loved you..everything is meant for a reason.I know you must be curious but what do you hope to gain?

Answer 6

You're mistaken about the impossibility of you being the child of an O+ child and having O+ blood yourself. Your father only passes along some of your genes. My ex-husband and I have children whose blood types match just mine, just his and some are AB+. I can assure you he and I are their biological parents. Before you start assuming the worst, call your doctor and ask him or her to explain the proteins involved in blood typing and how yours falls in the spectrum. You don't have to go farther than looking at little things like the shape of your thumb or big toe to know if you're genetically linked to them. The things they passed along to you are both big and small. Take inventory before thinking the worst.

Answer 7

you are talking something that DOES happen, but it is seriously rare. You need more reason than simple suspecting, or "don't look like the rest of family" to go digging at a hospital.  Besides.. they don't release records anyway, except to the patient (which would be mom).

Start with good old, regular genealogy. You might find that old pictures surface, and to your surprise, you might look like a relative. If you are adult, you can spend a couple hundred for dna testing, which tells about way way way back areas of the world that you come from.. but unless your mom/ dad ALSO does that, you have nothing to compare it to.

The odds are very high that you belong to who you live with. If anything, people might be adopted, but nowadays, parents are normally more open on that.

If dna does not match AND you are not adopted, then you could start asking questions.

edit-

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

this question explains some of the issues.

I truly think you are jumping to a conclusion, which is not necessarily backed up by what you have found so far.

Answer 8

start with a  d n a test  all you do is swab your mouth and then of both parents

Answer 9

IF you were switched, you would need to find the "guilty party" and hope for a confession. Otherwise, you would need to have a DNA test, not only of yourself, but each "parent". That would provide CONCLUSIVE PROOF.