360: Switched at Birth - This American Life Full episode Transcript 360: Switched at Birth Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. And there were a lot of kids too. This brings us to Marti, the other baby in this baby switch. During this time, it was Marti's dad, Reverend Miller, who reassured her. Yes, I did. As for Marty, she doesn't like to dwell on the notion that Sue might have been the one who lucked out. Our other children were very serious. I don't know why they didn't notice that. He's an herbalist? And when I think of my mother, I think of her. So he did know it too. Miss Miller's husband, the Reverend Norbert Miller, was an evangelical preacher devoted to the church, and they were a bookish, serious bunch. Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is back in the spotlight on ABC Family's "Switched at Birth," which will have its winter premiere on Tuesday. Her name's also Sue. Even so, he asked her for forgiveness again and again. They were nice enough when she spoke to them on the phone, but they weren't exactly welcoming her into the family. There are birthdays and graduations and figuring out where to spend holidays. 'Switched At Birth' Makes TV History Feb 19, 2013, 04:39 PM EST "Switched At Birth" will air an episode told entirely in American Sign Language (ASL) on Monday, March 4 at 8 p.m. on ABC Family. There's a lot of nervous laughter and there are some awkward moments, like when Sue talks to Mrs. Miller about the fact that she never got enough breast milk as a baby. And it was then that I started thinking, oh, my gosh, you know, my life would have been so different. At first, they refused to believe her, but then she told them about the blood tests. I'm Ira Glass. On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. So I passed it off. They nothing about it for 43 years. That's Martha reading. Over the years, the thought that she might be someone else's child festered in the back of Marti's mind. Well, I know I wasn't afraid. So pretty, so photogenic, so full of life. So I did think, yeah, you know, she's she's going to know that's not my daughter and she's going to and she's going to get this popular, Marty, who's so fun loving and and looks like her. And my mother's like, what happened to my life? Mary says she felt like everything she was interested in was lost on her parents. One of the most popular episodes of National Public Radio's "This American Life" is titled "Switched at Birth". The TV series "Switched at Birth" aired on the Freeform network from 2011 to 2017. And now, suddenly, it turned out Sue was one of them. And the family never went on vacation or even to the movies. But in the end, she made the trip, because she's a Miller and so is Sue, and she's a McDonald and so is Sue. I feel like I should have made a wrong into a right. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago . My name is Bob McDonald. She's part of that odd family. Reporter Jake Halpern tells the story of Marti Miller and Sue McDonald, the daughters who were switched at birth , and the many complications that came with learning the truth. I couldn't believe that Because I don't have that feeling about-- I don't think God punishes us in any way. It was bad. And I couldn't figure that out at the time. He didn't dance with me. Blood tests were done with the Millers and they proved Mrs. Miller was right about the switch. He was popular. Hardy says her mom, Mrs. Miller, sees the world in black and white, she focused on the facts of the situation, maybe hoping she could fix things by simply setting the record straight. No, no, no. You had your own room, didn't you, all to yourself? It's a little late for your child. Martha excelled in music, was a great cheerleader at school, very popular and a blonde, our other children had dark hair. And so in this half of the story we hear from the mothers again. Yes, definitely, at that point. Here is how Mrs. Miller explained that in the letter. She called and visited her parents regularly. This is Sue reading a letter she got some time ago from her newfound Miller sister, Faith. And he just I think he honestly never thought it was a possibility. So we never said anything about it. But it just brought up feelings that you feel crummy again. She had both families wanting to make sure that, you know, she was included in their family. I would just never go down that road again, that I was not going to just not going to go there. She didn't have the Sociales that came so naturally to Bob and Marty. But even she never divulged the secret to Bob or any of the McDonalds. I was just not ever meeting their expectation of intellectualism. And I can't tell you how hard it was, but it was hard on me all along. And this was a bad decision. So then she found out she had all of these, um, brothers and sisters and the phone calls were fewer. Yeah. After dinner, she sat down and told them about Mrs. Miller's letter, told them point-blank she wasn't their child. First Aired: 3/7/2017. Like Sue, though, Marti stuck out in her family. At one point toward the end of the party, as Sue stood nearby, Marti started talking about the room that she had grown up in in the Miller household. It's gripping, a real 'page turner', and it's all true. He thought she really dreamed this up in her head and just got obsessed with it. Once things calm down, Sue came to two conclusions one, she wasn't going to become estranged from her mother, and two, it was her brother she might lose. This was a house with a lot of rules. Our senior producer for this episode is Julie Snyder, music from Jessica Hopper. He's across the border. I told Mrs. Miller I felt that it was God's will, when she realized that she might not have the right child, I think it was His will that she do something about it. And she told somebody that I was crazy. What are you supposed to be with each other? And at the same time, you have a new mom or new daughter, it is not so clear what you're supposed to do with this new parent or new child who's now in your life. But boy, it was a relief for me. I mean, that's my biological family. She was a delight to all of us, so pretty, so photogenic, so full of life. First Aired: 2/28/2017. When your husband said to you, this baby's cute, let's keep it, did you agree with him immediately or was there a little bit of arguing back and forth over what to do? Was there ever a time when you thought back and thought I should have stood my ground more with him on that? She's with us. You're still our kid and I'm glad we had you. So I left Prairie du Chien and I was driving. And so, of course, he was trying to get me to say that I had forgiven them. This is my mom and dad. And you looked so much like Carol. It is one of the several identifiable characteristics of melodrama that are plot devices dealing with situations that are highly improbable in real life. If you're ever curious as to what they were, I would be very willing to fill you in, so you fully appreciate the parents who raised you. And I was super anxious to meet her in person. She grew up as the sixth child in a family of seven kids. However, at. You know, it was it was good for us to laugh. It's all pretty straightforward. And why ruin all that? That's what most people in town seem to feel, it wasn't their place to bring up such a thing, especially with no way to know if it was true for sure. Her house is filled with the remnants of her and Norbert's life together in the church. They decided that Ruth ought to have a look too. We love you, Martha Jane, as dearly as our other six children. He gives her a ride and immediately become friends. So of course, we were elated when I did get pregnant. It exploded. Do let me hear from you. When Sue got married, for instance, the Millers gave her a trivet Norbert had made. Whatever it was a different life. Her historical fiction book, The Gilded Years, about the life of Vassar College's first African-American graduate, comes out June 7th. I tried out for cheerleading. That was enough. She was a married mother of three living in Michigan, where her husband worked as a chemist. He was an odd strategy, if you can even call it that. She was close to her mother. And I said, Who told you to say that? I I didn't want I would just like that thing because that would ruin our marriage, I would run it. I couldn't believe that because I don't I don't have that feeling about I don't think God. mac miller faces indie exclusive. It wasn't their place to bring up such a thing, especially with no way to know if it was true for sure, What that meant was that after Kay McDonald finally found out the truth in 1994, people started coming up to her, in church mostly, casually mentioning that they'd known about it all along. But Sue says there are a lot of things she missed out on, too, by not growing up with the Millers. And and of course, I was very busy because I was chairperson and I had so many other things to do. The reason was pretty simple, actually. They said that was a cop-out. Ruth sat down in a pew near the front next to faith right before the service began. The Millers didn't have much money and they might not have been able to afford the health care otherwise. She didn't have the social ease that came so naturally to Bob and Marti. It's set that up and. Mrs. Miller would do or say things concerning the girls, things that just seem strange to Kay. A month and a half later, she wrote the letter. The other daughter in this baby, Squidge Sue, who was born to Mrs. Miller, the one writing the letter but raised by Kay McDonnell. And both Marty and Sue worry that the families that always thought were theirs and still want to keep them and both mothers and daughters each had to figure it out on their own. Florida Woman Who Was Switched at Birth Opens Up About Her Life Post-Scandal: 'I Couldn't Handle the Resentment' In 1989, Kimberly Mays became a media sensation when genetic tests revealed. You know, so so then I thought, well, OK, then it's not so bad if she you know, she still believes she's my sister. So then she found out she has all of these brothers and sisters. Store; Subscribe to our newsletter. The final episode of the Peabody-winning family drama ended things by looking back at how the series. Probably Martha with her happy-go-lucky nature could take the climate of the Miller home better. Neither Sue nor Marty blames Mrs. Miller for going along with her husband. And it is a much smaller family, just two kids. And she kept it quiet all those years. Mr. McDonald had a bad heart and she didn't know what the stress would do to him. Jun, 05, 2022 There's a lot of nervous laughter. My name is Bob McDonald and I am 61 years old. Just got obsessed with it. the commitment trust theory of relationship marketing pdf; Because he told me, you know, well, I don't care what anybody says from as far as I'm concerned, you're not really Ruth's sister. Did you feel that then after this happened a little bit closer to your dad than your mom? I don't think that they ever came to watch me cheer in a game. It's for your child. One mother, Mary Miller, knew and kept it a secret. I didn't even dance with you. Our staff for today's show includes Alex Blumberg, Sarah Koenig, Seth Lind, Lisa Pollak, Robin Semien, Alissa Shipp, Matt Tierney, Nancy Updike, and Diane Wu. When she got on the phone, I was just totally blown away. He went to Oregon to get away from a-- he got a girl in trouble, see? So we all we never said anything about it.
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