Another switched-at-birth case from same northern Manitoba hospital

Two men born just days apart in a northern Manitoba community have recently discovered they were switched at birth.

The first man was born Jan. 31, 1975 at the Norway House Indian Hospital. The second man on Feb. 3, 1975, at that same hospital.

DNA tests have since concluded they went home with the wrong parent.

In a release Norway House First Nation said the pair will share their stories at a press conference Friday at 11 am. Chief Ron Evans tells Global News families will meet with a therapist first.

“It’s going to take a long, long time to come to a place of healing,” Evans said.  The Chief believes the families, and the entire community deserve answers.

It’s the second possible switched-at-birth case from that same hospital, in the same year.

READ: Two northern Manitoba men discovered they were switched at birth

Last year Luke Monias and Norman Barkman came forward with a similar story.

They were born on June 19, 1975 at the Norway House hospital.

They grew up in the same remote first nation community of Garden Hill and said they eventually began to notice they resembled each other’s family more than their own.

The results of a DNA test proved they were taken home by each other’s families 40 years ago.