Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth

One mistake changed two families forever.

Created by Lizzy Weiss

On ABC Family, Freeform

2011–20175 seasons103 episodes43 min7.5 / 10

A serialized family drama centered on identity, belonging, and cross-cultural connection, built on the sustained intimacy of two intertwined households learning to navigate each other.

The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

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