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  2. Babies switched at birth - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, Carlton Conley married the sister of his biological daughter Rebecca's deceased adoptive father Kevin Chittum. Rebecca Chittum lived with the couple as of 2008 but had limited contact with her biological mother, while Callie lived with Paula Johnson and occasionally visited her biological relatives. [29]

  3. Mitochondrial Eve - Wikipedia

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    Wilson himself preferred the term "Lucky Mother" [19] and thought the use of the name Eve "regrettable". [ 17 ] [ 20 ] But the concept of Eve caught on with the public and was repeated in a Newsweek cover story (11 January 1988 issue featured a depiction of Adam and Eve on the cover, with the title "The Search for Adam and Eve"), [ 21 ] and a ...

  4. Inbreeding - Wikipedia

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    Natural breedings include inbreeding by necessity, and most animals only migrate when necessary. In many cases, the closest available mate is a mother, sister, grandmother, father, brother, or grandfather. In all cases, the environment presents stresses to remove from the population those individuals who cannot survive because of illness.

  5. Mother - Wikipedia

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    A biological mother is the female genetic contributor to the creation of the infant, through sexual intercourse or egg donation. A biological mother may have legal obligations to a child not raised by her, such as an obligation of monetary support. An adoptive mother is a female who has become the child's parent through the legal process of ...

  6. A mom of 3 learned she had mosaic Down syndrome through ... - AOL

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    When Zambelli became pregnant again with the pair’s daughter Lillian, now 2, she chose to do genetic testing in utero; Lillian was diagnosed with trisomy 21 at 10 weeks gestation.

  7. Woman Opens Up About How Biological Mom Recognized Her At ...

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    Delimar Vera, who was kidnapped as a baby during a staged house fire in Philadelphia, USA, was reunited with her birth mother, Luz Cuevas. After six years of thinking Vera had died, Cuevas ...

  8. Maternal effect - Wikipedia

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    In genetics, a maternal effect occurs when the phenotype of an organism is determined by the genotype of its mother. [1] For example, if a mutation is maternal effect recessive, then a female homozygous for the mutation may appear phenotypically normal, however her offspring will show the mutant phenotype, even if they are heterozygous for the mutation.

  9. Alleged biological mother of Ukrainian adoptee at center of ...

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    A woman who claims she is the biological mother of a Ukrainian orphan at the center of a bizarre controversy about her true age claims the girl is, in fact, the age on her birth certificate ...