“Dad,” Max said, without prompting, “do you ever think we were switched?”
For birth parents in closed adoptions, the other family is the child they were forced to give up. They may have spent decades wondering, grieving in silence. For donor-conceived people, the donor—and any half-siblings—are the other family, often unaware of each other’s existence. For siblings separated by secret swaps, the discovery can feel like finding a ghost made of flesh. Swapped In Secret The Other Family
“Sometimes,” she said, as if continuing a thought left long ago, “things misalign. The town keeps records of changes—people moving, marriages. Sometimes records are wrong. Sometimes people find their life rewritten.” “Dad,” Max said, without prompting, “do you ever