Switched at Birth or Stolen? l 20/20 l PART 1

[@cutmastertko]

as soon as I heard the word "Florida" I knew this was gonna be a crazy story

[@gorgeouss79]

cutmastertko 🤣

[@stellabella5269]

😂🤣🤣😂🤣

[@BrandyD1777]

Yes, Florida, born & raised is a crazy state. Though due to a high population that come to see the beach & palm trees, Florida is a very diverse state and filled with retirees in which kids follow. This was back in 80's so technology, "wrist bands" with a permanent marker for the babies last name was the norm of all states. This was and still is a quiet beautiful town on the edge of a state speings as well as some very historic sites. When people started to populate the state, they were going further down and inland to see what was available, weather, etc. Ultimately saying, yes Florida is crazy, unpredictable, tourist attraction, retiree capital yet it is more reported on/sees more press than many other states where the same occurs.

[@theoriginaleb9616]

My ex-husband spent his teen years growing up in FL, and he loved it. One day, I mentioned all the weird and crazy crap that happens there, and the reputation FL has because of it. My ex was, at first, confused, saying he had no idea what I was talking about. Then he became defensive, telling me how wrong I was about FL. 😆

[@theoriginaleb9616]

cutmastertko 😂😂😂 That’s sick, dude!

[@TigerTummy23]

Off topic, but the woman with the long gray hair is beautiful.

[@Kimothy80]

See Vang that’s the Twiggs oldest daughter, Irisa, and I agree she’s stunning.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Isn't she!!! I Iove her hair too 😍

[@sharonhainline589]

Irisa is also very loving. She was like a 2nd mother to Arlena.

[@ErinJeanette]

She really is she makes grey look beautiful

[@Arlenassister]

Thank you all for your kind words. If you like you can follow me on insta @ arlenassister. Our documentary airs again tonight June 26 2020

[@taariq_abdoolWadood]

If you like closure dont ever watch these ABC KZbin series... never. Parts 1-5 are extra drawn out and then theres no part 6

[@ronnydisalvo80]

Well said..ABSOLUTELY AGREE..i was coming to the comments ti see if i got 5parts in was the last parts missing as has happened ti me twice in the past....

[@janevanessaa3523]

Yes for sure. I always watched anyway and google the missing parts.

[@deborahm6059]

So annoying isn't it!

[@erinb7513]

Yeah, what's up with that??

[@erinb7513]

I want to see the ending... I just know Diane Sawyer was about to rip that man a whole new one... I feel like Britney Spears... damnit I did it again!

[@jocelyn2873]

I think she was switched because that’s why the other mom was sad- because the baby had a heart defect-

[@marilyns-e9483]

They did that shit on purpose they knew that wasn't her baby and the hospital made the decision that the Twiggs had enough children and swapped the baby.

[@tanyabrown9839]

Maybe the other baby they got which died... maybe that also was a switched child

[@nancycampbell9554]

Exactly that's what I said when I saw the movie

[@Alonzi.]

tbh im being heartless but that sounds fair.

[@michelletaylor7333]

Nancy Campbell there’s a movie? What’s it called?

[@nancycampbell9554]

@@michelletaylor7333 I believe it's called switched at birth but it's been a long time sence I saw the movie

[@maddiezaizai]

it's always the quiet small towns where everybody knows everybody

[@arlee3521]

kimyimin i’m from Wauchula Florida, trust me we have a lot more secrets than just this one

[@maddiezaizai]

@@arlee3521 do tell!! Are there videos on it?

[@arlee3521]

kimyimin nope there’s no other videos b/c our small town likes to keep on the down low but trust me there is a lot junk that be going down in our small town like a suicide in our McDonald’s parking lot, A naked man trying to steal a patrol car gets gun down in front of the high school. But you know that’s just normal

[@reginaavila5911]

I'm from wauchula to and is't the only secret

[@Rockas360]

Here we go watching a 4 part series without an ending knowing full well how much it’ll frustrate me.

[@heathergraham2581]

There's more, for some reason they didn't post it all. It was a 2 hour special.

[@desmeisme]

I think they do it so they can make more money because each video is different so the money would just be more for them

[@LexitaMai]

They have a link posted in the description of this video to the full version

[@Jessicahasopinions]

I guess I'm lucky that my child is undeniably mine, he's a goofball just like his mother, plus he has the toes that run in my family.

[@guardianangel5013]

Look at Jessica Jane Davies switched stolen at birth from the royal gwent hospital In newport south wales united kingdom

[@scarlettyes]

Nobody asked

[@Livlocalmartian]

My son is my mini me! He got his daddy’s eyes and mema’s(dad’s mom) hair color, he’s my brown eyed, ginger twin! Lol

[@dahlballelizabeth7935]

Well personally I don’t think it matters if they are blood related I think as long as you’re happy and love each other, you’re family

[@stee8345]

PLEASE READ: Before everyone starts freaking out about no PART 6, etc the FULL episode link is in description at top--when the video is initially posted on youtube the link takes you to ABCs website, + it asks you for cable provider in order to view video. This goes away after a week! I revisited the website today and was able to watch full episode! FYI Part 6/rest of video starts at the 41:28 mark!

[@DeborahLowe9]

Back in 1977 I gave birth to a girl who they told me that she was a stillbirth but stillbirth babies don't cry and my baby cried, they took her out of the delivery room crying and I never saw her again 😭

[@Queenofthatank]

Wtf we need a youtube video on this asap

[@DeborahLowe9]

@@Queenofthatank I don't know where to start.

[@bpowerpheonix]

I'd love to try and help if you wanted? I'm pretty good at figuring things out sometimes and I have a lot of resources. If you wanted to try to look into it more I'd love to help or even look into it myself with your help

[@DeborahLowe9]

@@bpowerpheonix my daughter that they say was a stillbirth was born June 17th 1977 there's so many unanswered questions I don't know where to start..

[@dahlballelizabeth7935]

How old were you when you got pregnant?

[@mhh2333]

The two sisters are beautiful, their faces are so kind

[@theoriginaleb9616]

Caution - Spoilers ahead... At first, I thought Kim was lucky to end up in a family who was well-off, and desperately wanted a child. Now, I see she would have been much better off with her biological family. They may not have had much money, but they were clearly happy, loving, and treasured each other very much. Who Kim would be today had she not been switched is an intriguing question, indeed. She never knew the joy of having two loving, supportive parents, nor the camaraderie and deep connection shared by most siblings. Her non-biological father ruined her chances to form those deep, long-lasting connections with the Twigs. I wonder if Mrs. Mays’ biological baby’s heart defect had anything to do with her later ovarian cancer. Perhaps her eggs weren’t healthy. Her cancer was quite advanced when the babies were two, so maybe she had some cells that were precancerous or otherwise unhealthy when her baby was conceived and/or developing in her womb. I feel bad for Regina Twig. She actually lost three children - one at 6 weeks from a heart defect, her non-biological daughter at 9 years old after heart surgery, and Kim, whom she lost several times in different ways. She is clearly a remarkably strong woman, especially after everything she went through growing up. I hope she and Kim can reconcile before she passes. I’m glad Regina and her family at least received a settlement from the hospital. Money can’t replace a child or buy happiness, but it can make life a bit easier while dealing with non-monetary issues.

[@seanblair6132]

Poovideo

[@GoodWillPrevail]

I was really disappointed about Kimberly's choices. She was likely influenced by her father initially but as an adult she chose to cut all ties with her bio family, which I couldn't understand. Her family was innocent and she deprived her siblings and herself of loving relationships. I do hope she can reconcile with her mom before she passes. I feel very badly for Regina having endured the loss of two daughters. Kimberly made some very selfish choices in my opinion.

[@talyfaith]

Such a sad story. Kim, I hope you find peace in your life. Don’t wait too long to reunite with your biological mom. Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change. Love deeply and forgive quickly. Take chances. Give everything and have no regrets. Life is too short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you should, love what you got and always remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget.Learn from your mistakes but never regret. God bless you!💗🙏🏼

[@talyfaith]

Question Everything Hi, Blessings 💗

[@luzvez]

a great life lesson for us all. ♥️

[@ilovenoodles7483]

Love it!!

[@sissyrayself7508]

WOW.. so many cliches so little time.

[@CocoAvalon]

You just gave away the ending! Thanks for ruining it for everyone that hadn't watched part 2 yet! Rude!!!

[@catieq5270]

As a congenital heart defect patient who goes to pediatric cardiology at Hopkins this episode really hit home for me. I am forever grateful for my medical team and pacemaker💜 RIP Arlena.

[@ilovenoodles7483]

God bless you. My son also has a congenital heart defect.

[@catieq5270]

I love noodles thank you and prayers for your son. How old is he?

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@catieq5270 He is now going on 15yrs. old. How about yourself? Jesus literally healed him when he was a baby. He was born with a heart defect and I remember after I delivered him the ma (medical assistant) asked me if I wanted to bring in a cardiologist or if I wanted to just blow it off and have the regular general practitioner doctor look at him. I was absolutely stunned that they would even ask this, because duh, of course I would want to bring in the cardiologist to look at him!.... The cardiologist specialist came in to examine my baby boy and then set us up with follow up appointments. One day I was at church, (even though I was not at all "churchy" at that time) and the guest evangelist had heard God speak and say that there is a baby that was born with a heart issue and that he would be healed right then and there. This evangelist and the whole church knew nothing of me or my son at all, as this was only my 1st or 2nd time at church and I hadn't spoken to anybody really or made any friends there yet!! My son was the only one who was a match for this because God truly knows everyone's heart. ❤ Wow, literally and physically!! I took my baby son up to the altar so he could get prayed on and also the laying on of hands by firm believers, just like the Bible instructs, and we prayed on him. He received his healing!! The next time we went to his appointment, the cardiologist doctor that had been monitoring him since birth, had said that his heart is really good, there has been no change since birth and it has *not* got worse and that his condition actually got downgraded to a "very mild" condition and that it didn't even sound or look like he ever even had a problem to begin with! Echocardiogram and all!! Praise God! We still see the doctor but the doctor now wants to see him only once every two years to just monitor his condition and evaluate *if* there has been any changes. God is truly a miracle worker and *_VERY_* kind, loving and merciful!! All praise, glory and honor be to Jesus Christ, who our Lord and Savior, who is our real God!!❤🙋🙏❤👼 Never give up on prayer and never give up faith in Jesus.

[@catieq5270]

I love noodles that’s a amazing! When my mother was about four months pregnant with me her OB/GYN found out that I had a heart condition and recommended that she transfer to University of Maryland because they had recently received a grant for fetal and pediatric cardiology. A lot of babies can grow out of their heart conditions, I did not. had my first heart surgery at 6 months old and received my first pacemaker. In total, I’ve had 12 heart surgeries and two spinal surgeries. I’m now 29 years old and am doing well. I know that God was the one who helped the doctors, my parents and me survive.

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@catieq5270 Amen! What a wonderful testimony. I'm so glad. God is indeed wonderful! Pray for all the doctors and medical staff, people's lives literally depend on it.

[@andreaavant3242]

😢 wow I just can’t believe this happened to her

[@Abby-ww4sj]

My moms friend when she was born the hospital told her mom that she had died and Like 50 years later she found her mom

[@buttertoes6304]

2:45 she’s literally stunning oh my

[@Nocomment1]

The Mays were vile monsters. They stole that baby. Only 2 caucasian babies were born that day and one was a sick baby. There's no way the staff and Mays just forgot that her baby was sick after having her for two days and after Regina noticed the difference. I haven't found any footage of Bob mentioning his biological daughter, it's like he already knew. Then he went on to attack Regina. The Mays should have been criminally investigated. Hope they are burning in hell where they belong.

[@laurieginsburg5051]

maclaireful you can’t take the 20/20 as the gospel. Much of the story was omitted.

[@Nocomment1]

Laurie Ginsburg I don't know why you think I am taking ABC news as gospel. This story has numerous articles online and I read those articles too. I don't see anything left out about the days at the hospital or Bob talking about his biological child. Not to mention the nurse who confessed on her dying bed.

[@mssmssmssmss]

I commented somewhere else but can't find it. Anyway, I read that Mr. Mays took a polygraph test and passed, so the blame for the switch could not be placed on him. Grandparents? Nurses who said nothing for many, many years? The deceased doctor? It is hard to say now, as so many people involved have passed away and can not respond any further. I think that having so much done publicly while Kim was a young teenager was a serious mistake. Counseling for all, in confidence, might have helped. Kim has had such a messed up life because of all that, I am saddened to hear people wonder what her life would have been like if she had not been switched, because it is impossible to separate it out.

[@thecurvysage]

@@mssmssmssmss polygraphs aren't always reliable

[@heathergraham2581]

@@laurieginsburg5051 Well, the part where Adult Kim is now admitting that Bob Mays was in fact abusive to her is NOT omitted. It's near the last segment and in the part that ABC conveniently did not upload here. And all that points to his character. The circumstantial evidence against Bob Mays, and his first wife, being complicit is compelling. Like another poster commented, there are numerous other articles & some other interviews going years back. This story was followed at different times over the years, with a divorce hearing that made national media etc.

[@Yolanda_Ortiz]

Kimberly before your real mom leaves this earth , please go see her she needs a hug from you

[@adinahwithkaden]

I'm the same age as the girls and remember when this story came out. How did everyone not know Kim was lying? She looks all around the room when answering questions as a teen

[@arleneenriquez1061]

adinahwithkaden thank you! That smirk on her face as well made it soooo obvious.

[@marwatson7408]

This is how I heard the story the woman who had the baby with the heart defect well her dad was a very powerful man in town I think he was into politics he had a lot of friends in high places. He bullied, manipulated, and told the hospital if they didn’t switch the babies he could cut off all funding for the hospital and a lot of people would lose their jobs. He didn’t care how they did it just to do it he said he would do anything to make his daughter happy.

[@Bernie3000]

So, no one is going to comment on the family photo? Good for you!

[@applebear7303]

What do you mean? Sorry, just wondering

[@Bernie3000]

Apple Bear at 2:48 the baby has eyes which do not face forward. Someone in the comments mentioned that the baby did have surgery to correct the eyes.

[@applebear7303]

@@Bernie3000 oh okay, I see.

[@gigiramsay8980]

Will Twigg can’t seem to find the 1991 movie on KZbin. Love that TV movie

[@ItsMaha]

Hell no I know what my child looks like

[@kathyyoung1774]

That second woman narrating --- did she have a lot of "work" done to her face? It doesn't look natural.

[@LadyKat10]

I agree sad it looks like botched plastic surgery

[@kathyyoung1774]

Thank you. I thought maybe it was just my imagination. She was probably quite pretty before.

[@lissetterodriguez7952]

And skin discoloring

[@V.E.R.O.]

Too much filler around the cheeks.

[@dahlballelizabeth7935]

kim thompson what time?

[@calvinowens9404]

Don't bother watching... the last episode they won't post!

[@brooks3545]

calvin owens 😫

[@justsaying8]

Thank u u saved me a lot of time

[@LexitaMai]

@@justsaying8 there's a link in the description for full episode

[@justsaying8]

@@LexitaMai thank u

[@nataschiawilisch9958]

@@LexitaMai that's only if your in America

[@rhondabeirne8560]

Did that father ever even ask about his biological deceased daughter? Did he even ask to see a picture of her? Did he ever go to her grave to visit her?

[@cgargoddess]

That’s a good question.. idk think he did.. I watched the movie.. I believe when they found out she was dead he was just like I’m not letting go of Kim

[@raea3588]

He said in an older interview I saw that he did. This story was so biased towards one side. Bob never got to meet his biological child. His wife died a horrendous death when Kimberly was hardly a year old. Kim was everything to him and his focus was on Kimberly during the Twiggs ambition to take her away but he did go to Arlena's grave. By contrast Mrs. Twigg hardly spoke of Arlena again but to tell Kimberly that she was Arlena and that Kimberly was dead because they took home the wrong child.

[@yooneeque1]

7:21. "Nervous new mother", people? I would think after having 5 or 6 children, she was experienced enough to know, or sense, when something was amiss.

[@ilovenoodles7483]

This is not the only story out there like this, though.

[@whitneypaige2038]

No one said it was

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@whitneypaige2038 My point is that since this is not the only story out there like this, it makes it even more unfortunate that this even happens.

[@rizwong7761]

Damn the daughter looks older than the momma lmao!

[@StylleFiles13]

Riz Wong that’s because the clip with the mother is way back in 1993

[@StarAnnasDream]

This is "Switched at Birth"....I watched it in the 90s

[@MAGAISKLAN]

Wasn't this a Lifetime movie?

[@bestever2682]

Star Anna me too!

[@bestever2682]

BrownSkinGirlTEXAS no this came on regular TV when I saw it in the 90s (didn't have cable 😭😭😂), but it might be now

[@Kimothy80]

Simply_ Bestever it was on NBC

[@Vicky-by2hq]

I used to watch the movie all the time but the movie ends in a happy note.

[@allthingsnyokabi9102]

Now this is why I love Kenyan hospitals when you deliver and your baby is healthy, he/she NEVER leaves your side NEVER!

[@Strrgrll]

Right!! None of this happens in Africa you will never get your baby mixed up there.

[@raephaelemasirnille5794]

Ms Twigg knew she was given the wrong baby on day three. She should have stood her ground and demanded the matter be looked into even if it meant calling the police. And why all the speculation of whether the switch was intentional, of course it was on purpose! Even 30 years ago newborns are labeled before they leave the delivery room. I don't get Kim's flip floping and did Regina' s marriage end because of the drama?

[@heathergraham2581]

Regina didn't get too much into detail about her marriage except to say she didn't really want the divorce but I guess it was needed? She left it at saying many people have a marriage break down over the loss of one child, but they lost 2. Yeah, I don't get why so many only think about Regina in regards to noticing the baby looked off on the third day. What about the Mays, they would have had their baby 3 days longer than the Twiggs and people honestly believe they just innocently walked out of the hospital on the same day with a much bigger & healthier baby? No questions asked by them? I don't think so. Kim likely had a dysfunctional relationship with Bob Mays, her legal father. I think Adult Kim is telling the truth when she says as a child, the treatment was just "normal" in her world. The second wife, Cindy, whom Bob divorced, provided her own testimony regarding the abusive treatment towards the little girl. And she witnessed that before the switch came out. I don't even think the divorce from the Twiggs was Kim's idea, I think she was just going along with what her father wanted. And he wanted to put an end to the visits. She was a young teen & I think all the media focus was too much for her. Unfortunately, this is why courts have to be very careful when making such permanent life altering decisions even if the child, or a young teen, is saying they want no contact. Case in point, Months later, she was back to wanting to live with the Twiggs again after running away.

[@raephaelemasirnille5794]

@@heathergraham2581 I agree with a lot of your points. The Mays had to know about the switch. I don't see any other explanation for the switch. And I also agree divorcing her parents was not Kims idea. This situation is so sad. I understand, according to Kim, that there was friction in the house with het siblings but she is an adult now. I hope she reconciles with her mom. If her siblings still have a problem so what. She does not have to see them to be in her mom's life.

[@heathergraham2581]

@@raephaelemasirnille5794 Yeah, Kim actually confirmed that the divorce idea was passed along to her as a suggestion made by their lawyer at that time. He told her about the little boy who was divorcing his biological mother and said it was an option. So she just said fine and went along with it. But then there is a clip of Bob Mays on Barbara Walters back in 1993 lying and saying Kim came to his wife Darlena first with the idea, then to him. And then he told her to really think about it because she would be divorcing the entire family, not just Ernest & Regina. To which she replied "daddy, they're all part of it." 🙄 Yeah, okay Bob. Kim has said she got along very well with her eldest sister. She said there was alot of resentment over Regina putting so much attention on her & the switch. I definitely think that was part of it but, unfortunately, the Twiggs endured alot of harrassment because of the divorce hearing and the things Kim & her father were saying. Kim was on the stand saying she didn't love any of them, Kim's legal team even hired a psychiatrist to try & say Regina Twigg was an unfit mother (ie. The nerve of Bob Mays when her attentive mothering is what kept his own biological daughter alive for almost 10 yrs), and then Kim basically got on Barbara Walters and said the same thing: that she wanted nothing to do with any of them & that Regina Twigg was lying about Bob Mays beating her & calling her names. Now Kim has just admitted that was true. This poor girl at 14 was a nervous wreck & clearly exhibiting signs of abuse and being coached for that interview. I do understand how the other siblings could have felt resentful. Their family was put through hell & the ringer with the media. But I would hope now as adults, they could have a better grasp on Kim's abusive past & understand how she was manipulated into alot of that. She was unfortunately attached to a dysfunctional parent & environment for a long time. I hope they can maybe forgive and move forward with her too. Regina & Kim have said they are both open to future reconciliation with each other so that is something good to come out of it at least.

[@emmacassidy8482]

@Kathryn Foster-martin Bob Mays died in 2012 so he's there.

[@Momlyfe3]

Thank god this isn’t possible anymore. They take so many precautions now. If you even try taking a baby out a alarm goes off.

[@theoriginaleb9616]

Link to full episode: abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-11/29-switched-at-birth-or-stolen KZbin only has the first five parts. The full episode is an hour and a half (two hours with commercials.) So if you’ve watched the first five parts on KZbin, start in the middle of the full episode. Just FYI: I’m watching the second half on my iPad, and it hates the commercials. After they play, I have to reload the page to get the video to start playing again where it left off. Frustrating, but interesting story with a couple of unexpected twists. Perhaps watching on a PC would be better. Good luck!

[@englaodevil]

Don’t bother watching if you don’t live in the US, the last part is missing and can only be watched in America.😡😡😡

[@LucyIsboring-vg1ft]

2:48 im sorry but i couldn't stop laughing and i feel guilty

[@talinemelanie]

Horrible.

[@brookegrainger358]

:. Lucy Is boring .: 🤣🤣🤣

[@LucyIsboring-vg1ft]

THE KIDS FACE THOUGH SRSLY.

[@brookegrainger358]

:. Lucy Is boring .: it’s eyes 🤣🤣x

[@guardianangel5013]

Switched at birth and stolen from usa and sent to united kingdom

[@camilarivera3621]

Florida: *h-* Florida man: *Hell yeah.*

[@sweetcreaturejimin]

stephanie soo really got me searching this up

[@TheBub26]

dad exchanges his sick baby girl for a healthy baby girl. no mystery here

[@andriab8517]

Anyone else looking at that baby on the far left at 2:35 😂

[@andriab8517]

@@Vale-dh1tn Did someone have to tell you they were pointing and laughing or could you see them if you turned the 90 degrees to look straight ahead?

[@andriab8517]

@@Vale-dh1tn Says the guy who feels the need to comment and defend his, and other people's, lazy eyes to random people on the internet 😂

[@andriab8517]

@@Vale-dh1tn I'm not the one getting butt-hurt from a comment about lazy eyes. You need a safe space, mate?

[@AnarchoFeminist]

I think I saw a Lifetime movie about this in the 90's

[@spirittammyk]

Yep. The little girl that lived was played by the same actress who played the granddaughter in the first Jurassic Park.

[@gavipositano4774]

FYI don’t watch the ABC KZbin channel series’ they never include the final part

[@sinner6779]

Is it sad that I actually live here???😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@awesomekoga7848]

Meanwhile, back in Gotham, a man dressed in a costume with a black cape has been seen around town. Stay tuned for more on that tonight at 6.

[@autumnsummers6599]

Lol, damn Batman at it again.

[@MarioHernandez-i7e]

I learned about this when i was young and the tv movie switched at birth aired .

[@cheyennegunn8561]

This is why my baby was by my side and in my room from the minute they pulled him out of me

[@olympiaadeyemi127]

I always thought we’re I grow up in Sebring was small .. Wauchula changed my mind.

[@BrandyD1777]

Don't forget Wakkula....so many small towns. I'm a born and raised Pasco County, New Port Richey from late 70's......small town but now it's up and coming looks so different than what I remember 😢

[@mysticalmoon8590]

That gave me shivers when she said about calling the baby Kimberly that's what I was supposed to be called!

[@riverrenee3122]

I lived on theatre road next to these people who swapped the baby!

[@caseymanuel7199]

I wish you could find the movie made about this…. It’s so good

[@tracywebb1604]

I saw that movie on l.m.n. switched at birth...a. Similar family in tx had. The same experience....sad...😞

[@tammylewis2408]

An eerily similar plotline happened on the soap opera Guiding Light in the 70s involving the character of Phillip Spaulding, whose birth parents were Justin and Jackie Marler, but was raised by Alan Spaulding, who ran a major company started by his father. Alan was a very manipulative person who wanted everything his way, and interfered in family business. Alan and his first wife Elizabeth, had a baby that died while the Marlers' had a healthy son. Alan paid the hospital to switch the babies, because he didn't want his wife to suffer a mental breakdown if she learned their child died, and it wasn't until years later Phillip learned the truth. No doubt the switch affected Phillip throughout his life on the entire run of the soap, and was estranged from Alan at times, but at the end, Alan saved Phillip's life before Alan died by being a match for a bone marrow transplant for Phillip.

[@deeliciousgrapes]

Why is it the people with no money have the most kids?

[@Nocomment1]

Deelicious Grapes They can't afford birth control or abortions.🤷‍♀️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@sarahvand3628]

Watch the movie "idiocracy" it explains it

[@sissyrayself7508]

Obviously the family with "no money" is the better family here.. which just proves that it doesn't take money to make someone a fit or good parent.

[@GoddessDiv]

Why didn't the Twiggs ever pursue Bob May's DNA to test it against Arlena's?

[@kathyyoung1774]

Arlena had been buried.

[@heathergraham2581]

It was confirmed later. The Twiggs only found out because of Arlena's heart condition. She was being prepped for surgery and blood work was drawn. It was not a match to them. The DNA test that followed confirmed it for sure. Arlena went in for surgery and didn't make it. This all transpired between May of 1988 to August 1988.

[@emmacassidy8482]

They took blood tests from the Cokers.

[@GoddessDiv]

@@kathyyoung1774 But they had her DNA from the tests at John's Hopkins that proved that she wasn't biologically a Twigg.

[@kathyyoung1774]

I read about it at the time, that they did establish through DNA that she was a Twigg and not a Mays. She even went to live with the Twiggs for a while.

[@texasgina]

I remember this story and there was a movie of the week

[@honeybdream]

Gina Bayer what was it called?

[@TheFord1612]

The movie is out there, as if no one knows what happened

[@kimberlyarrington4364]

What is the name of the movie.

[@LexitaMai]

@@kimberlyarrington4364 I'm pretty sure it was Switched At Birth. Before that whole series became a thing years later 😂

[@texasgina]

I’ve been to Wauchula in Hardee county and it is a small town. The buildings are really old

[@Ayme1285]

I just found out 4 months ago and the hospital wont call me back

[@michelleroberts6597]

Does anyone know if Regina Twigg is still alive?

[@karissaconway2719]

yes she is still alive she took part in 20/20 story

[@braxton-z4x]

@Will Twigg aww that’s your mom

[@openmindeddoll9520]

Look at the bands on the baby rest it says Twigg 😃😂😂😂

[@nikkikidd8428]

Ummmm wouldn’t it be easy to check if it was the same baby? Check the birth weight and length? Blood type? Etc

[@liz2880]

Maybe but only the mom was worried about the baby not being her’s, everyone else including her husband were making her think she was being irrational making it easy for whoever switched the babies to get away with it at the time

[@arlee3521]

Nikki Kidd it’s sad that this happened in the county that I grew up in and I’m currently living in but our rights for babies being born in our hospital has been taken away so something like this will never happen again

[@rhondabeirne8560]

Someone did take notice of the weight lose of the twiggs baby...I watched this whole story in tv....that was how they figured the time line if when the babies were switchef

[@thepowerof6six809]

Yes but the hospital did this on purpose. The Mays payed them off.

[@lovemyfreedom5768]

Where I live the baby never leaves mommy from birth... unless necessary. 🤰🏻

[@bwold9138]

Now yes, because of issues like this one.

[@relatablewhitegirl5700]

Well this was in the 70's so....

[@urdadzbabe6028]

Thank God my baby girl is her dads twin

[@kaylafreeman9869]

Haha same 😂

[@kaylah4848]

Ok but the baby 2:47 😭😭💀

[@talinemelanie]

Horrible. Grow up.

[@kaylah4848]

T K ⬅️👀➡️

[@talinemelanie]

@@kaylah4848 Karma is real.

[@luv2travel2000]

Where are parts 2-6???

[@TalourGalore]

Bro u know when it’s your baby. This just pissed me off.

[@elissastarshine2968]

When your kids are supposed to be in child services but it's another kid looks identical to someone you knows child.

[@annschiraldi5262]

Lexi Bald, Thank you so much 💖

[@suzypops4246]

Every time I hear about a crazy story its from ohio, Florida, or Washington.

[@youknowwho4600]

When will they start listening to the mothers? Ugh all you need is a simple swab test these days! Ugh I've heard way too many switched at birth stories! Ugh

[@kellymcfalls1458]

Fascism InOurSchools the mother should have pushed for the truth I would have

[@PXEGirl]

Is this what the tv show switched at birth is based from?

[@leabergzwergi155]

was thinking the same it sounds similar with the rich/poor and healthy/ill (deaf) children

[@raea3588]

No. That was fictional but there was a movie made in 1990 that did a very accurate account of this true story called "Switched At Birth".

[@joshuapark1749]

ABC 2020 should make an episode of the Missing Part 6 Episode!!! 😂😂😂 It was a sunny afternoon in July... All of a sudden they uploaded part 1... Part 6 was missing. They found the abductor...

[@kathleenh7550]

What happened to the last segment I was watching??!

[@arleneenriquez1061]

Kathleen Hanshaw just go to their website and the story is in a full 1 hr and a half video instead of these short ones.

[@LexitaMai]

The full link is in the description

[@yorradown5977]

>Babies swapped at birth >Part 6 Discussion in the comments >FLORIDA aw hell, is this one of them JoJo's references?

[@user-ki4jc7il1n]

Ugh no part 2 👎

[@arieowens3997]

K K there is now I just saw it on my feed

[@arieowens3997]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKibY2iIjtl3rrM

[@user-ki4jc7il1n]

@@arieowens3997 Tyyyy ❤

[@k.k.9571]

K K I thought I was the only KK on here.

[@fake1man175]

hay you know what would be a great story EPSTEIN.

[@satellite851]

Quit your constant nonstop bitching, whining and crying! "FAUX News" would love ya, Inbred Trailer Park Bubba! Go there Princess #TruthFuckingHurtsDUH

[@satellite851]

^^^^Overly triggered much??? Awwwww keep on crying, it looks oh so cute and adorable on ya Sweetie Pie Honey Buns! The G.E.D. Trailer Park Putin jizz guzzlers are up and whining today, Gasp big shocker, NOT! BoooHooo #SuchSadPatheticConstantSTEREOTYPES

[@Nocomment1]

Jake Roberts Most respectable news stations don't carry conspiracy theories unless they have collaborating evidence....unlike Faux news. Why don't you troll Fox for your daily dose of idiot news.

[@tanyabrown9839]

Warning, dont bother watching this as the ending of this story is not on youtube and is not accessible to most people. ABC stop doing this to people!

[@littlemurmurings3212]

Not going to watch it, as per usual abc don't publish the whole thing.

[@sabrina.natalie]

You can watch the full episode here instead. ABC plays too many games. Here’s the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3nPlKSnpMakftU

[@PChantel]

Yeah they did that on purpose!! Smh

[@deannekliene2673]

I think it an accident mixing up at bath due to heart defect confusion ..

[@maddietrafford1225]

Hospitals are such trash. Despicable.

[@jeriyahmackey7140]

Sad

[@Diane-xh7vl]

Not even 5min in and I already know! U can call it switch," but I'm calling it by it's true word stolen they ....meaning the rich family stole that baby.

[@annschiraldi5262]

They don't finish the story only up to 5,

[@LexitaMai]

The full link is in the description

[@ichangedmynameforyoutube]

The full episode is linked in the description

[@raea3588]

What always upset me about this case is that the Regina Twigg knew before Arlena died that she was not their biological daughter. The Twigg's had barely buried this child that they raised for 9 years when she went after finding Kimberly and of course, any parent would do the same. You would want to know where your biological child was and if they were safe but Regina became obsessed and lost perspective. She acted as though Arlena had never existed and as though she didn't have other children to look after. It doesn't matter who was responsible for the switch, Kimberly was not! She was a little girl who only knew her Daddy. For years Regina Twigg tried to get custody and visitation rights, tried to make Kimberly choose between her and her father. And when Kimberly couldn't take it anymore Regina Twigg said in court "Kimberly is dead. You're Arlena!" To this day Regina seems more obsessed with seeing Kim than anything else. People wonder why Kim doesn't care to burry the hatchet but this woman messed with her mind and childhood and privacy until there wasn't much left to salvage. Kimberly May's was not and is not property! She's always been a person who paid the biggest price for this switch :(

[@raea3588]

​@Will Twigg Public records, interviews by Regina Twigg, court tapes, extensive research and how about common sense? This wasn't about Bob Mays and it wasn't about Regina Twigg. It should have been about a child not a property settlement!

[@raea3588]

@Will Twigg Kimberly Mays and her family lived it too. Sometimes it's hard to be objective when you've lived something directly.

[@raea3588]

@Will Twigg Stop. When you put yourself on the news and do interviews, a book, an ABC documentary that is very biased towards one side there will be viewers who are going to say "Wait. There was another side. Another child and another family." I know I don't know it all but I do have my opinion. There are thousands of mes that you have seen and will continue to. Everyone has a story and with it comes naysayers. But despite my being so bold, I do happen to have compassion for your position and your family. It's not easy to when you keep going after me and your biological sister's family with such animosity. No, You don't know me but you want others to take the "Twigg" side when you behave that way towards those you did know? I understand the need to stand up for your family and I'm sorry you've had to come up against judgement for so long. I truly am. But you won't find peace hanging out here and trying to come up against those who have an opinion that differs from your real life experience. I hope you do find that peace. I hope your family finds peace. I also would appreciate it if you didn't reply to me again. I was not rude to you.

[@Godstrumpethetraffickorder1111]

Here's the thing the biological parents of the little girl with the severe heart defect were fully aware they had been told in the hospital that their child had a severe heart defect. They quickly knew the child they had taken home wasn't theirs. As that child never died at their home without specialised care for a severe heart condition. Also the baby girl they took home never presented with symptoms of a severe congenital heart defect, for which they never had to give specialised medical attention for.. They were selfish for putting the other family through the loss of their healthy biological daughter while abandoning their severely ill biological daughter for another couple to keep alive and love in place of them. Totally ungreatful. Almost as if they didn't care if their very sick biological daughter lived or died without the specialised medical attention for which they could afford to provide her with.. Had the biological Mother of the sick daughter hadn't died of cancer she could have had a second child that might have been born healthy. It's like cancer was karma for the swap of stealing another woman's healthy biological daughter. While refusing to provide love and intensive health care they could afford to their own biological child.

[@raea3588]

@@Godstrumpethetraffickorder1111 I've never heard it said, at least not with any evidence, that the May's knew or were told that the child they gave birth to had a heart condition. Only that a nurse who worked there has come forward and said that she was told by a doctor that if she wished to keep her job, she would switch the babies. Her own child had leukemia and she needed the health insurance to make sure that her own child didn't die. So, the nurse did as she was told. Do you believe this nurse's child had cancer as a result of karma too? We can cast blame right and left but nobody dies the horrific death that Mrs. May's did out of punishment! Was Arlena's death some sort of karma because her parents knew that she wasn't biologically theirs before she died and yet they kept this secret then and chose to upheaval Kimberly's life forever and act as though Arlena never existed because she was now in the ground? NO! It was all a very sad. We will never know x-y-and z exactly what happened in that hospital but how the Twiggs handled it later can be summed up in 7 words "It didn't have to be that way." Arlena was going to die and she went home with the wrong parents. And regardless of whose fault that was, those parents made another child, a living child, pay the price!

[@Ayme1285]

I got switched at birth idk what to do my aunt is my biological mom

[@guardianangel5013]

And look at babies switched stolen at birth from royal gwent hospital newport south wales united kingdom

[@coloradoken3159]

Playing God, just like DeSantis.

[@vturner]

definitely stolen

[@Mariam.MMartinez]

It, must have droven someone ceazy.

[@jerrymlina9399]

I live in wauchula

[@freezingfreezzing5543]

Do 1 no about ur ads?

[@aithaf8225]

FULL STORIE ON OK RU .... ;)

[@N3isfree]

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[@michellej7734]

I swear obviously white women (ie: Karen's they go after their own too) have been crazy for a long time and getting away with the drama they cause. Kimberly as a teenager obviously was manipulative and was old enough to know exact what she was doing she was just playing one side against the other. Then decades later she turned on everybody?? She proof that some personality issues are genetic, Regina is bat looney. I feel sorry for the girl that died makes you wonder what that little girl went through and why she didn't thrive too bad no one bothered to look into he short life. This ABC full story is nothing like the movie. (Link below) Why the whole show is not on KZbin is interesting???? Also. Why does 20/20 slant more to the Twiggs, they should be unbiased. Who is to say that the call/car was Barbara it would have been easy enough trace a car whether it was hers or a rental no one did so why accuse a dead woman. I still think it a nurse screw there are nurses and doctors that are sloppy and screw up otherwise malpractice sites would not be a thing. Kimberly was a teenager Dad properly tried to reign her behaviour in she didn't like it ran back to the Twiggs did not get what she wanted there and went off the rails - stripping, have skid marrying too young and lying all the way to get what she wanted. Only white women get away with this crap, it is not a rave thing but it is, Really how much money has been wasted in court over a white woman lying???? When was the last time you heard of 2 black babies getting switched and it turned into million dollar lawsuits and years in court?? Yeah not going to happen, just FACTS. abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-11/29-switched-at-birth-or-stolen

[@TheBOG3]

Karens not Karen's.

[@mommiee6098]

I’m sorry but if you already done starting nursing your baby there should already be some type of bond and you should KNOW what your baby looks like

[@cindibarton1167]

OK-WHO THINKS KIMBERLY MAY'S REAL PARENTS ARE AT FAULT FOR THE SWITCH OR IS IT VISA VERA??