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Mar 5, 2004

"The real religion of the world comes from mothers, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms." --Oliver Wendell Holmes

Mother's Instincts

Luz Aida Cuevas took one look at the dimpled, dark-haired little girl at a birthday party and instantly knew two things: she was watching her own daughter - presumed killed as a baby in a 1997 fire - and she needed a way to prove it. So Luz pretended the six-year-old girl had gum in her hair, removed five strands from the child's head, folded them in a napkin and put them in a plastic bag. DNA testing later confirmed that the 6 year old was indeed Luz's daughter!