When Kyle Bylin, 36, of North Dakota, USA used a DNA test kit given to him as a Christmas present about two years ago, the result reflected in a genealogy platform matched him to a woman from another family. Jeremy Morrison, 36, from Colorado, the woman’s nephew, learned about the match two years ago and did his own DNA test to find out why he looked different from his family.

“I was that blonde kid that stood out in a family of brown-haired people,” Morrison told KKTV.

The shocking finding was that Bylin and Morrison had been raised by each other’s biological family.

The two families are suing Unity Medical Center (UMC) in Grafton, North Dakota, where the two men were born, alleging hospital staff mistakenly switched the two baby boys at birth more than 36 years ago, Fox News reports.

The plaintiffs are banking on the fact that Bylin and Morrison were the only two babies born at the hospital on 26 January 1988, according to KVLY.

UMC has denied the allegations.

Meanwhile, health authorities in China have ordered a dental clinic to refund a patient and close down for misconduct.

The order against Datuanyuan Dental Clinic in Shaanxi arose from its treatment of a 63-year-old man from Baoji, Shaanxi, China, surnamed Li, in September.

Li went to the clinic with a toothache, and it was treated for free. However, the dental staff went on to extract 12 of his teeth and put in 10 implants, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports.

After the procedure, the staff at DDC withdrew all the 18,800 yuan in Li’s bank account and digital wallets as payment and left him with an outstanding bill of 6,200 yuan, according to SCMP.

“When my son found me, my mouth was full of blood, and I only had 30 yuan (US$4.5) left for bus fare,” Li told SCMP.

His family also learned that Li was not in good health to undergo the teeth extraction and implantation as he had coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, diabetes and high blood pressure.