Parents find kidnap child 17 years on

A newborn was kidnapped from a Cape Town hospital in 1997 but her parents never gave up hope and now, 17 years later, they have found her.

The family had always celebrated their missing daughter’s birthday on April 28 and, following her remarkable discovery, the girls’ biological family is planning a festive celebration for her first birthday with them.

“We have to plan something very big,” the girl’s aunt told South Africa’s Cape Talk radio station after it reported that DNA tests confirmed she was the child kidnapped from the Groote Schuur Hospital.