Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Netflix’s new documentary A Child of My Own tells a story almost too bizarre to believe. After suffering multiple miscarriages, Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza allegedly convinced her husband and family she was still pregnant, gained roughly 55 pounds and ultimately walked out of a Mexico City hospital with another woman’s newborn ...here's the true story...

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