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Ironic TwistsMay 20, 2026

The Boy Who Wasn't

The Boy Who Wasn't In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar vanished in a Louisiana swamp. Eight months later, a boy was recovered in Mississippi. The Dunbars raised him as their son. Another woman insisted he was hers. The court dismissed her. In 2004, DNA proved she had been right all along.

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