Moms speak out, alleging their sons were switched at birth decades ago
"I mean it really didn't feel real until I met Kyle in person."Morrison said he was swapped at birth with Kyle Bylin, who was the only other baby born at Unity Medical Center in North Dakota, on Jan. 26, 1988, according to the lawsuit filed by the families in state court last week.The two birth announcements even appeared next to each other in the local newspaper."I would like to know if this was done intentionally. I mean, you would think with only two babies it wouldn't be too hard to get them to the right families, but apparently it was," Morrison told CBS News.The hospital said it no longer has the medical records from 1988.
- ▪"I mean it really didn't feel real until I met Kyle in person."Morrison said he was swapped at birth with Kyle Bylin, who was the only other baby born at Unity Medical Center in North Dakota, on Jan.
- ▪26, 1988, according to the lawsuit filed by the families in state court last week.The two birth announcements even appeared next to each other in the local newspaper."I would like to know if this was done intentionally.
- ▪I mean, you would think with only two babies it wouldn't be too hard to get them to the right families, but apparently it was," Morrison told CBS News.The hospital said it no longer has the medical records from 1988.
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CBS Mornings Moms speak out, alleging their sons were switched at birth nearly 40 years ago .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-cbs-mornings.jpg'); } By Shanelle Kaul July 24, 2026 / 1:12 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Two moms are speaking out as they grapple with an unimaginable revelation — that nearly 40 years ago, in 1988, their sons were allegedly switched at birth.Elizabeth O'Toole said she felt shocked when she learned that her son, Jeremy Morrison, wasn't biologically her child."It felt surreal," she said. "I mean it really didn't feel real until I met Kyle in person."Morrison said he was swapped at birth with Kyle Bylin, who was the only other baby born at Unity Medical Center in North Dakota, on Jan.
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