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February 25, 2026

I Was Swapped in the Maternity Ward, I Spent 5 Days with the Wrong Family: The Incredible Fate of Ognjen from Šabac: 'We Were Born on the Same Day, and Then...'

Miloš and I were born on the same day, in the same maternity hospital. We both weighed 3,300 grams at birth. We lay in adjacent cribs. I left the hospital first, but with *his* parents! He stayed with my mom! No one suspected anything until fate intervened...

I Was Swapped in the Maternity Ward, I Spent 5 Days with the Wrong Family: The Incredible Fate of Ognjen from Šabac: 'We Were Born on the Same Day, and Then...'

TL;DR

  • Ognjen Stamenić was mistakenly given to another family for the first five days of his life due to an error in the maternity ward.
  • The mix-up occurred because identification bands were swapped, and the mistake was only discovered through medical testing and DNA analysis.
  • Both mothers, Duška and Dragana, were unaware of the swap until informed by medical staff.
  • The two families briefly bonded over the incident but later drifted apart.
  • Ognjen, now an adult, reflects on the 'what ifs' of the situation and the possibility of other undiscovered mix-ups.

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