Five weeks after giving birth, one new mother expected exhaustion, healing, and the usual adjustment to life with a newborn. Instead, she found herself defending her marriage after her husband looked at their baby and decided something did not add up.
The couple, Sarah’s parents, both had brown hair and brown eyes. Their daughter had been born with blonde hair and blue eyes, and while the mother explained that newborn features can change over time, her husband, Alex, could not let the thought go.
His doubt quickly became an ultimatum. According to her account, Alex told her that if she refused a paternity test, he did not think their marriage could continue.
She agreed to the test because she knew she had nothing to hide. But what happened next hurt her almost as much as the accusation itself.