In a remarkable turn of events, two Austrian women, Doris Grünwald and Jessica Baumgartner, who were accidentally switched at birth in 1990, have finally met each other after 35 years. The incident occurred at the LKH-Uniklinikum hospital in Graz, where both women were born prematurely. Shortly after their births, a mix-up led to them being handed to the wrong families. The truth began to unravel in 2012 when Doris discovered her blood type did not match her parents’ during a blood donation. Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported on the case in 2016, but the other family remained elusive at the time. Jessica, raised by Herbert and Monika Derler, learned of the switch when a doctor informed her about the mismatched blood types during her pregnancy. The two women connected via Facebook and eventually met in person, describing the encounter as akin to meeting a long-lost sister. ‘We got along right away,’ Doris shared. ‘It was an indescribably good feeling.’ The families also met recently, with the emotional reunion captured by an ORF TV crew. Mrs. Derler expressed her initial ’emotional turmoil’ but emphasized that Jessica would always be her child, while Evelin Grünwald reflected on the expansion of her family. Gebhard Falzberger, the hospital’s operations manager, apologized to both families, acknowledging the grave mistake. Legal steps were taken in 2016 to secure Doris’s inheritance rights and compensation, and the Derlers are now pursuing similar measures. Jessica described the clarity as a relief but admitted to the emotional complexity of the situation, highlighting both the beauty and pain of the experience.