Two women who were switched at birth 37 years ago grew up just 4km apart in southern China, discovering that a hospital error had set their lives on divergent paths. Huang Xiaolin and Li Hui were born 55 minutes apart at Qingyuan People’s Hospital in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, in October 1989, according to China Newsweek. The maternity ward did not use identification wristbands at that time, relying instead on name cards placed within each baby’s swaddling. The circumstances of the mix-up remain unclear. The details surrounding this mix-up remain murky, as the maternity ward, at the time, lacked identification wristbands, relying solely on name cards tucked in each baby’s swaddling.