But...did the parents who raised each boy love him as their own? Or did they let their suspicions stop them short of loving the son they raised? Did the sons grow up thinking of and loving the resident parents as their own? Not quite sure where "40 years wasted" is coming from. Did they live those 40 years? Did they go to school, learn, love, date, marry, have careers or jobs, have children of their own? Then the years were not wasted, IMHO.
"...which was then run by the federal government."
Need I say more?
What happened here is lives were stolen
Think of it as acquiring another family, and kwitcherkikken.
Some things are better left alone and undiscovered. What good could possibly come from this discovery?
It is not the same by a long-shot, but I recently found out my dad’s father was not who we thought he was - that my grandmother was either raped or fooled round, 81 years ago. I cannot imagine what these men feel, but the feelings I have are so profound and unsettling I have a glimpse of their distress.
The worst is my dad (dead 10 years) had a sister (she is still alive) he never knew about... I feel very badly for these men...
Believed to be??? The DNA tests confirmed it. Stupid reporter tricks... again.
Your post links to a different version of the story.
“I think that this is gross negligence on the part of the federal government. It’s a federally run hospital,”
No, it’s the hospital’s fault and the nurse who switched them. Bet there were many more who were switched. Also, bet this happens/happened more all around the country than anyone can imagine.
Here's the two guys in the middle with their parents on either side. Yes, the guy in front looks just like his bio mother. The guy in the back has the same shaped head as his bio father.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/28/two-friends-from-remote-canada-discover-were-switched-at-birth-41-years-ago.html
Just think if you were switched at birth and you were raised a conservative and your biological parents turned that kid into a raving liberal. :-D