For one woman, pregnancy was not enough to prove motherhood.⁠ After taking a DNA test, Lydia Fairchild of Washington State was shocked to find that she was not the mother of her own children — the same children that she remembered conceiving, carrying, and giving birth to. What had gone wrong?⁠ As a struggling single mother of two with a third child on the way, Fairchild, then 26 years old, decided to apply for government assistance. To qualify, Fairchild was required to undergo DNA testing to prove that she was the mother of the children for whom she was claiming. When the test results came back, her world was shattered by an incredible revelation – she was not the mother of her two children.⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ She faced criminal fraud charges. Fairchild was ordered to have a court representative be present at the birth of her third child for an immediate DNA test, which revealed the same results.⁠ ⁠ Further DNA analysis showed that Fairchild was more like an aunt to her children than a moth...