All Haitian 'orphans' had relatives, say families

There is not one orphan among the 33 children a US Baptist group tried to take from Haiti in a do-it-yourself post-earthquake rescue mission, it has emerged.

There is not one orphan among the 33 children a US Baptist group tried to take from Haiti in a do-it-yourself post-earthquake rescue mission, it has emerged.

In a visit yesterday to the rubble-riddled Citron slum where 13 of the children lived, parents who gave their children away said each one of the youngsters had living parents.

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