Child discovered after 6yrs
I heard this story this afternoon on The View. If anyone knows more, please share details! As the story was told on the show, a 10 day old baby died in a house fire 6yrs ago. The body was presumed completely incinerated.
6yrs later, the mother of the baby was at a friend's child's birthday party when she noticed a little girl and instantly thought "that is my daughter!" She saw a defining dimple that her infant had had. She then had the forethought to tell the girl she had gum in her hair so she needed to cut it out (in order to get hair for DNA testing). Sure enough, it was her child! A friend of the woman's exhusband (or cousin, I didn't get that straight) had set the fire in order to take the baby. That same friend/cousin was at that particular party 6yrs later.
I thought it was totally amazing that the mother recognized her child after only having been with her the first 10 days of her life. I thought the story was heart warming, outrageous and upsetting all at once. What a wonderful mother, what a horrible person to steal a baby and what a terrible position to put a little girl in. The best part is that the little girl knows that her mother loved her so much that she kept her with her those 6yrs they were apart so they were able to be reunited.