That's not my baby boy! Mom sues over mix-up

Speakers: Li Ningjing, Sam Duckett, and Lu Sirui

A cartoon depicting parents shocked to find out their baby is not related to either of them. [Photo: Baidu.com]

Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital says it will cooperate with investigations into the possible switching of two babies 28 years ago after a 1.3 million yuan (US$193,000) suit was filed against it.

The woman who filed the suit, surnamed Zhang, underwent a caesarean section and delivered a boy, called Wang Ye, on February 27, 1989. Three days later, a nurse brought the baby to her.

Zhang and the baby returned home. But the father began to have doubts as Wang did not look like him. Rumors began that Zhang had had an affair.

They broke up in 2003 and divorced next year after Zhang's husband requested a DNA test, in which showed Wang was not related to either of them.

Zhang thought of another possibility — that two boys were mistakenly swapped at birth.

So, she visited the hospital, hoping to read hospital records and find her true son. But she was only told that "records were too old to be found."

Zhang and Wang say they now want to reunite with their "real" families.

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.