Talk:Lydia Fairchild

message: This article deperately needs some work - please don't remove the tab until the article has been improved. ...en passant! 15:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Attention tag

message: Article has been tidied up, references found and dates included.  I'm happy to say that the article has thus been improved.
- Jarich 01:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention tag removed 

message: Or two. I am confused by it. Also there are many disagreements between past and present tense--like a poorly written story.
Saw this on The Learning Chanel.   Faichild did not take her case to court.  According to the story on TLC she was pregnant with her third child and applied for government assistance.  DNA tests were performed to determine the father.  He was confirmed, but she was excluded as the mother.  She was reported as being unable to find an attorney that would take the case.  Just prior to the birth of the third child the court was prepared to rule against her and it sounded as if she was in danger of losing custody of her children.  The court, with Lydia's cooperation, ordered a witness to the birth of the third child and immediate DNA testing. The third child was also excluded as her biological child.  Interestingly, another woman with the last name Keegan was experiencing the same situation as two of her children and her husband were being tested as a match to donate here a kidney.  Later as Keegan's situation was being unraveled her third child was DNA tested and showed to be a match.  In addition, Keegan's siblings and her mother and father were tested and the two son's that do not match were confirmed to have the Keegan's DNA from their matriarchal grandmother and grandfather and they actually were shown to have to be a close match to Keegan's brother.  In other words their DNA looks like a match between Keegan's brother and her husband.
The TLC story ended stating that Lydia was pregnant with a fourth child.  She was not confirmed as a Chimera because they have not found the dual DNA in her body, but it is believed that she is a 
Chimera.
::Both Fairchild and Keegan were the subjects of a Discovery Health Channel documentary titled "I am my own twin".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 22:38, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: And it only gave one source

message: I think that the information should be better researched and that the writing has to be improved. TLC's documentary isn't enough as a source. Otherwise, the info. about chimerism in WIkipedia should only point out that there were two cases in which this condition or phenomenon has challenged assumptions about DNA identification from both medical and legal perspectives and that it deserves more research. 
65.23.248.61 18:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Room for improvement 

message: Watched I Am My Own Twin on 26-Dec. After noticing this discussion, did some searching and found the report mentioned in the tv program. The New England Journal of Medicine cited during the program concerns Karen Keegan's case (which is how Fairchild's lawyer learned of the case?). While Keegan's name isn't mentioned in this report, key details of the case do match (three sons, age 52, transplant). Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center cited in tv program and NEJM report.
Disputed Maternity Leading to Identification of Tetragametic Chimerism
Northanger 21:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New England Journal of Medicine Report 

message: I have restored this article as it is clearly not a hoax, as was one of the main reasons for deletion.  This is to be the subject of a Five documentary shown on the 6th of March - no doubt it will attract attention then.  I intend to improve the article as and when I can.  violet/riga (t) 18:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Restored

message: The article does not state if her children were returned to her. If not, why not?--Auric (talk) 15:22, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  were children returned? 

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