Two women born in the same hospital in Buenos Aires found out 40 years later they were switched at birth after a DNA test.

Paula and Gabriela were born 13 minutes apart in 1986. One grew up in Miami as a lawyer, and the other in Buenos Aires.

The case started in 2024 when Paula checked her ancestry and found she wasn't related to her family.

Paula did a standard DNA test to learn about her family. But the results showed she wasn't biologically related to her parents. She did the test again and got the same result.

Paula told her parents, but they didn't know what to say. The family got a lawyer to help them in Argentina.

The case came to light in 2024.

Investigators asked for hospital records from 1986. At first, the hospital said no one was born that day. But then they found records for March 21 with eight births, including two babies born minutes apart.

The two babies were born 13 minutes apart and weighed almost the same. The same midwife delivered them.

The lawyer had a feeling the eighth baby was important and needed to be found.

Using birth certificates, investigators found Gabriela and her family in Buenos Aires. They compared the two families' histories.

The lawyer visited Gabriela's home and met her mother, who was Paula's biological mother. She agreed to a DNA test after seeing Paula's picture.

The two babies were born 13 minutes apart.

Before the DNA results, Gabriela said she had already done a DNA test with her adoptive parents and wasn't biologically related to them.

The DNA results showed Paula and Gabriela were switched at birth.

The lawyer arranged a meeting between the two families in a shopping center. It was the first time Paula and Gabriela met their biological parents.

The lawyer said the truth changed the families' lives. Gabriela cried when she found out.

The discovery affected not just the two women but also their children and other relatives.

The families filed a complaint to find out how the switch happened and to accuse the hospital of hiding the truth.

The case is now in federal court, and authorities are investigating if hospital staff were involved.

The police searched the hospital and took old records, including staff lists from 1986.

A famous lawyer joined the case, saying it was complex and hurt many people. Now they're trying to find out who made the mistake.