Pic of the day!

Life no easy o...even for oyinbo wey dey naija!

Doctors exchange blows as woman delivers!

A baby was born with suspected brain damage and his mother needed emergency surgery after two doctors began fighting during the delivery in Italy.

The country's health minister went to Sicily on Monday to deliver a personal apology to the mother.

Laura Salpietro, 30, had to have her uterus removed and her son Antonio suffered heart problems and possible brain damage following his birth on Thursday in Messina's public hospital.

Her husband Matteo Molonia said the doctors disagreed about whether to perform a caesarean section and came to blows while she was in labour. He said the fight delayed the section by over an hour, leading to complications for mother and son.

One of the doctors was Mrs Salpietro's private gynaecologist who cared for her during her pregnancy while the other was the doctor on duty at the hospital.

Prosecutors have placed five doctors under investigation, and Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio said after speaking to Mrs Salpietro on Monday: "I tried to give her words of hope, and above all I tried to tell her that the government was with her and her family at this time."

Man notices bullet in head after 5 yrs

A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 calibre bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.

Presented with the 5.6mm projectile, the man recalled he had received a blow to the head around midnight at a New Year's party "in 2004 or 2005," but had forgotten about it because he had been "very drunk," a police spokesman said.

"He told us he remembered having a sore head, but that he wasn't really one for going to the doctor," the spokesman said.

The wound later healed around the bullet and it was not until the man decided to have the lump examined due to recurring pains that the discovery was made.

Police said they were not treating the incident as suspicious as the bullet might have got lodged in the man's head when a reveller fired a gun in celebration.

"It may have been a shot fired up in the air which entered his head on the way down," the spokesman said.

.....See trips!!!!!


Laff it off

A man checked into a hotel.There was a computer in his room,so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife.
He accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address and without realizing his error,he sent the e-mail.
Meanwhile....somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned frm her husband's funeral.
The widow decided to check her e-mail,expecting condolence messages from friends and relatives.
After reading the first message,she fainted.Her son rushed and found his mother on d floor and saw d computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife
Subj: I've arrived
Date: 22nd Aug 2010
I knw u're surprised to hear from me.They hav computers here and we
are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones.
I've just reached & have been checked in.
I see that evrything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow...
looking forward 2 seeing tomorrow.

Tiger Woods and wife seperates

Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren have divorced, the couple said in a statement posted on Woods website.

"We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future," the couple said.

They said the primary focus of their divorce negotiations had been their two children's well-being.

While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us," the joint statement said.

"Once we came to the decision that our marriage was at an end, the primary focus of our amicable discussions has been to ensure their future well-being. The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them."

Eeh ya poor guy!

P square ville

U know who owns this....well its the twins of the entertainment industry "P SQUARE".....they claim the house is worth about 2 million dollars....can u beat that?????

Fire @ Ultima Studios ⁠ ⁠

There is a serious fire at the Ultima Studios in Murhi International building at Omole, Lagos,this is where "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and "Project Fame", are filmed.

No casualties have been reported in the incident.

Wyclef's presidential bid over

Haitian election officials have rejected hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean's bid to run for president of the Caribbean nation. Jean's name was not on the list of 19 approved candidates released by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council on Friday night...

"I respectfully accept the committee's final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same,"Jean said in a statement.

In an interview with CNN shortly after the approved candidates' list was announced, Jean said he was surprised by the news. "This has come to our party and to our group as a total shock," he said. Jean was among 15 prospective candidates rejected. Elections officials did not provide a reason to reporters, but Jean's statement said they had ruled he was not a resident of the country. "I want to assure my countrymen that I will continue to work for Haiti's renewal; though the board has determined that I am not a resident of Haiti, home is where the heart is and my heart has and will always be in Haiti," Jean's statement said. "This ruling just tells me that I can't officially seek the office of president."

JayZ leads the Pack!!

JayZ tops Forbes earning list for rappers;see the list below

1. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
$63 Million

2. Sean "Diddy" Combs
$30 million

3. Aliuane "Akon" Thiam
$21 million

4. Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter
$20 million

5. Andre "Dr. Dre" Young
$17 million

6. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges
$16 million

7.  Calvin "Snop Dogg" Broadus
$15 million

8. Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley
$14 million

9. Pharrell Williams
$13 million

10.  Kanye West
$12 million

11. Drake ($10 mill)

12. T.I. ($9 mill)

12. Swizz Beatz ($9 mill)

14. Eminem ($8 mill)

14. 50 Cent ($8 mill)

14. Young Jeezy ($8 mill)

17. Common ($7 mill)

18. Soulja Boy ($6 mill)

18. T-Pain ($6 mill)

20. Lil Jon ($5 mill)

May be I should just start rapping....na money be dis o!!

WHEN WE FALL,WHAT NEXT

Emotions are a very strong part of we humans, some of us might be masters at controlling our actions, but we often find it difficult controlling our emotions. It is only human to feel sad or depressed when we fail or fall in our quest to achieve success. But our greatest problems begin when we refuse to rise up from our crash spot.

Many people after failure, like to hang the cross of the victimised on their necks and they often sought after pity and compassion from people around them. Some use the defence mechanism of blaming those around them for their failure, others just look for ways to run away from their failure;often denying it, even taking it to the level of creating fictional thoughts to psyche themselves. Well, i don't totally blame them because without expressing ourselves with words, we individuals have a way of making failure look like a sin by exhibiting disgust in our actions. Personally, i've been abused by failure- now i don't solely mean in terms of failing major exams, i've failed at some businesses i tried to invest in, i've failed at doing the right thing at the right time, i've failed to be a better person to my friends, i've failed to give my best shot in times of trials, i've failed to think big, i've failed in my search for love and even when i found love, i failed to make it last, sometimes i fail to appreciate loved ones.

A friend of mine attempted suicide once he felt failure had taken a stronghold on him and his life was going south. Sometimes people fail due to circumstances beyond their control. So what do we do when we fail, i say we reflect upon our mistakes, take to note that failing itself is not a disease it is when we fail to rise to the occasion by taking the right steps to correct our blunders that it becomes pathologic. Like a popular naija saying goes "man wey dey ground dey fear fall?" meaning "can a man already on the ground be scared of falling?" so why make the ground look like your only option when you can rise up to succeed. I suggest we borrow a strand of resilience from the agama lizard whom when it falls from an iroko tree praises itself and goes back to climb the tree. Thomas Edison finally figured out how to make the electric bulb after 999 attempts, when asked about how he felt while he was failing, he said he learnt 998 ways not to make a bulb. An old saying goes "failure is the mother of success". I would say, successful men today who were good at failing, changed their story by using failure as a catalyst to propagate success thereby making them fail to fail. When we fall, what next, we must stand up.

...Ayo Babatunde

plane splits into three

One passenger was killed when an airplane crashed in bad weather and broke apart while attempting to land early Monday on the island of San Andres, Colombia, officials said. National police said 124 people were injured, many of them scattered on the darkened runway when emergency personnel arrived in the predawn hours. Six people, including an 18-month-old boy, were not injured, the national police said.Some of the patients are in critical condition, said Robert Sanchez, director of Hospital Amor de Patria.A list released by the Aires airline says 124 people were treated at two local hospitals. Four patients at Amor de Patria required surgery and another person at the hospital was in "reserved" condition, the airline said. Amor de Patria treated 101 victims while 23 were tended to at Clinica Villareal.An 11-year-old girl suffered severe head and face trauma, Sanchez told CNN en Español. Doctors also were having difficulty controlling internal bleeding in a man with pelvic injuries, the hospital director said. The most seriously injured were being transported aboard an air ambulance to Bogota, the nation's capital, Sanchez said. There were 131 people -- 121 adult passengers, four minors and six crew members -- aboard the Boeing 737-700 jet when it crashed around 1:49 a.m, national police said. Police identified the passenger killed as Amar Fernandez de Barreto. The passenger manifest, which goes by last name first, lists a Barreto Fernandez Paola Andrea.   There was conflicting information about what caused the crash. The report from the national police said a downdraft may have shaken the airplane just as it prepared to land. But Pedro Gallardo, the governor of San Andres y Providencia state, told en Español that lightning hit the plane. The pilot also reported a lightning strike, El Tiempo newspaper said. courtesy www.cnn.com

Laff it off

Av got lots of forwarded jokes on my bb so I have decided to share some with you all,hope you enjoy them:

(1)
Teacher: why did u laugh? 
Boy: I saw 1 strap of ur bra. 
Teacher: GET OUT of the classroom for 1 week.... 
2nd boy laughed. 
Teacher: why did u laugh? 
Boy 2: I saw both straps. 
Teacher: GET OUT FOR 1 MONTH. 
Then the teacher bent down 2 pick up a piece of chalk,………..Little Johny started walking out. 
Teacher: Johny, why are you going out? 
Little Johny : Judging from what I just saw, I think my school days are over!

(2)
A mother had 3 virgin daughters,they were all getting married within a short time period....because Mom was a bit worried about how their sex life would get started,she made them all promise to send a postcard from the honeymoon with a few words on how marital sex felt. 

The first girl sent a card from Hawaii two days after the wedding.The card said nothing but: "Nescafe"! Mom was puzzled at first, but then went to her kitchen and got out the Nescafe jar...It said: "Good till the last drop". Mom blushed, but was pleased for her daughter.    

The second girl sent the card from Vermont a week after the wedding, and the card read: "Rothmans"   Mom went straight to her husband's cigarettes, and she read from the pack: "Extra Long. King Size"...she was again slightly embarrassed but still happy for her daughter.
   
The third girl left for her honeymoon in Cape Town. Mom waited for a week, nothing. Another week went by and still nothing.Then after a whole month,a card finally arrived.   Written on it with shaky handwriting were the words "South African Airways"...Mom took out her latest YOU magazine, flipped through the pages fearing the worst, and finally found the advert for SAA. The ad said: "Ten times a day, seven days a week, both ways."...Mom fainted !!!

(3)
Becky was on her deathbed with her husband, John, maintaining a steady vigil by her side. As he held her fragile hand, his warm tears ran silently down his face, splashed onto her face, and roused her from her slumber. She looked up and her pale lips began to move slightly. "My darling John," she whispered.

"Hush, my love," he said. "Go back to sleep. Shhh. Don't talk."

But she was insistent. "John," she said in her tired voice. "I have to talk. I have something I must confess to you."

"There's nothing to confess," replied the weeping John. "It's all right.

Everything's all right, go to sleep now."

"No, no. I must die in peace, John. I slept with your brother, your best friend and your father."

John mustered a pained smile and stroked her hand. "Hush now Becky, don't torment yourself. I know all about it." he said, "Why do you think I poisoned you?"
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Saudi unveils world's largest clock

A giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam's holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, amid hopes by Saudi Arabia it will become the Muslim world's official timekeeper.

The Mecca Clock, which Riyadh says is the world's largest, has four faces measuring 43 metres in diameter.

It sits 400 metres up what will be the world's second-tallest skyscraper and largest hotel, overlooking the city's Holy Grand Mosque, which Muslims around the world turn to five times a day for prayer.

Birdman buys $2.1m Bugatti

Southern rapper Birdman is showing off the kind of toy a few million dollars can buy 'the Bugatti Veyron'.
The European sports car is not only one of the most expensive things you can buy on four wheels, but it's also the fastest street car on the planet.

Birdman, who goes by his real name, Bryan Williams, when he's doing business as the CEO of Cash Money Records, is making sure everyone knows about his $2.1 million mode of transportation, too. The Dirty South rapper and his crew snapped some shots of the all-red sports car while holding a business card that reads "I am expensive," a statement which would be pretty hard to argue with, given the car's estimated $300,000 annual upkeep costs.

The Bugatti Veyron has an average top speed of 267 miles per hour according to the Guinness Book of World Records.That's faster than a Formula One car... not to mention about one-third of the speed of sound!.

Congrats to him but wait IS THAT NOT =N=315m....??...God have mercy.

3 new jets for presidency

The Federal Government today at the weekly cabinet meeting approved the purchase of three new presidential jets, at a cost of $150 million.They will comprise two Falcon 7X aircraft from France's Dassault Aviation, and one Gulfstream G550 from the United States.

The new jets would be added to the presidential fleet, which was previously described as being too large by former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Na wa o
!

No Jonathan,No sex

The call on President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his intention to run for presidency in the 2011 election took a dramatic turn on Tuesday, as a group of women issued a threat to starve their husbands of sex for seven days if Jonathan refused to declare his intention to run.

The ultimatum to the President was contained in a press statement issued by the Nigerian chapter of the African Women in Diaspora after their inaugural meeting on Tuesday at Lagos.

They, therefore, gave Jonathan up till August 27 to declare or their husbands would be denied sex.

"We will call on all wives, girlfriends, sex workers and girls within the age of consent to boycott sex for the specified number of days, from August 20 - 27, 2010."

Wonders they say can never end!

Source :punch newspapers

HiTV slashes subscription rates

For Viewers of HiTV,there is now a reason to smile despite the company's loss of the rights to show the English premier leaguem

The monthly subscription for Premium bouquet of HiTV that went for N6, 000 has been slashed to N3, 500,the Correct Bouquet still goes for N1, 900 while the Classic bouquet has been scrapped.

The price reduction plan according to Subair has been in the pipeline since early this year and was scheduled to start this August. "We are going ahead with the plan, so now our valued subscribers can watch premium sport, movies and enjoy music at a far reduced price. Nigerians deserve to enjoy quality programmes at a price that won't kill them, we would have reduced the price before even if we had the Premiership right because the plan has been hatched for some months now".

Terry G drops singles

Ginger your Swagger master;Terry G has released 3 new singles;
-Do AnyHow
-God Guide Me &
-Change Am
You all gonna like them.....dont worry they gonna hit your bars,clubs and lounges realsoon....thumbs up to him.

READ THIS

‎If your mother's brother's only brother inlaw is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?

VIOLENCE IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO RESPECT

People everywhere constantly preach against violence,but on 2nd thought if you carefully examine the issue with a magnifying glass,some have actually used it to their advantage and some are still using it.

Violence according to the Encarta Dictionary is the use of physical force to harm somebody or damage something. It can also be described as a destructive force, or an intensity of feeling or expression. Respect on the other hand is a feeling or attitude of admiration, a state of being admired, not to go against or violate something, be considerate toward somebody or something. As different as the two terms are, man has found a way of closely linking the two acts together.From time immemorial, violence has constantly been used as a tool to gain respect. For example, ancient world powers like Rome, England, Persia, Sparta used violence to their advantage to attain their status and hold the world to ransom. Famous dictators like Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, Saddam Hussein, Sani Abacha used violence as a tool to retain a chokehold on power.

In Nigeria, it is official and safe to say that the fear of military men or the police or anybody in power is the beginning of wisdom because if you don't have an equal stand with them and you try to do anyhow, you will certainly see anyhow. An average "omo boy" who can't stand his ground when around friends or people in general will find out that everyone will look at him like a typical fool and a chicken of the pack so he tries to hold his own in order to avoid being treated with disregard. It is even a known fact that babes are more loyal to boys who are violent or show violent traits. An average naija man who feels cheated, shows his street credibility by issuing threats in order to get respect, area boys on the street get respect from individuals who fear what they might do, even people that are orally muscular never fail to shut up when steered in the face by violence. I get enthralled by the actions of the Yoruba man whom when faced with a fight goes about to threaten fire and brimstone about what he'll do only to end up doing nothing.

This principle equally applies to the highly placed men as Dimeji Bankole recently, charged against his fellow member Independence Ogunewe, so as to help him arrange his mouth, he even extended the violent courtesy to the ogun state governor Gbenga Daniel and Daggash when they tried to play a fast one on him, Daniel proved himself to be an executive "omo ita" by comporting Bankole. In higher institutions and polytechnics, students with shallow minds join cults to gain respect from other students. Law and law enforcement in general rely on this principle of violence to keep citizens in check, so most law abiding citizens are afraid of the violence that exists in the law or who wants to spend time in "kirikiri" for committing crime. Rappers rap about violence to scare off beefers. Spouses threaten each other when they fight.The Nigerian government initially didn't focus on the Niger Delta until the youth in the region picked up arms and started causing mayhem. Our dear president Goodluck Jonathan got the NFF peeing their pants when he issued a 2 year ban. In the bible, it is also written that since the time of John the Baptist, heaven suffereth violence and the violent taketh it by force.

In this vein, i say to you if you test me i will throw decorum to the dogs and blast you to smithereens!!!.The power of violence as regards respect as we can clearly see can't be overemphasized.

AY0 Babatunde.

Uti loses dad!

Uti has confided that his father has passed on and the Housemates mourn with him.

Ehya,may his soul rest in peace and let's hope this attracts sentiments for Uti

Random Sampling

By now am sure most of us must have read the story of black parents that gave birth to a blonde,the question now is..

"WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOUR SON'S WIFE BEARS A WHITE BABY??"
..Comments please

Pic of the day!

Nobody wan carry last!!!

Tourist escapes death

A French tourist is recovering after falling 75 feet into the Grand Canyon, hospital officials said Saturday.

Witnesses reported that the 18-year-old was taking photographs when he slipped and fell over the edge, the National Park Service said in a statement.

He was in good condition at Flagstaff Medical Center early Saturday morning, spokeswoman Carrie Heinonen said.

He was being treated for neck, wrist and ankle injuries, the park service said.

Authorities said the man fell Thursday afternoon about a quarter mile east of Mather Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

Park rangers rappelled into the canyon to assess the teen's injuries before a park helicopter airlifted him out.

Gay stuns Bolt

Tyson Gay stormed to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.

Gay clocked 9.84 seconds to beat Bolt by 0.13s and record his first ever win over the World and Olympic champion over 100m.

With perfect conditions in Sweden for sprinting, Bolt and Gay - the world's two fastest 100m runners in history - exchanged a touch of hands as they prepared to face each other over this distance for only the third time.

Bolt's last defeat came at the same Stockholm track in 2008 when Jamaican compatriot Powell took victory.

Since that reversal, Bolt had enjoyed 14 successive wins, including the last time he clashed with Gay at the Berlin World Championships last year.
And Gay, who impressed out of the blocks and dominated his fierce rival from the halfway stage, said: "It feels great to beat Usain but deep down inside I know he is not 100%. I look forward to beating him when he is 100%.

"It was very important to beat someone like that for the fans and the sport. My body worked well today, I was excited and motivated."

"I still need to work on my strength. The first 10 metres was rubbish. I had no power, no nothing. I have tried to work on it but it didn't work out.

Does this tell u anything?

....one day bush meat go turn the hunter!!!

Quote of the day

"NYSC at the moment is a one year programme where we train all our graduates and give them two to three weeks drill; and that is all they do...i suggest very strongly, that the NYSC should be expanded to two years where the first one year is devoted entirely to military training."....David Mark on his desire for NYSC extension

Is this man alright???

CONFIRMED!

Yes, it's my first time announcing it live -- that today I went in, and I signed, and I am running to be the president of Haiti,"...Wyclef said on Larry King Live yesterday

He has submitted the necessary paperwork to run for the president of Haiti

It wil be recalled that on January 12,an earthquake killed more than 220,000 people, destroyed 60 percent of government infrastructure and left more than 180,000 homes uninhabitable in Haiti

I hope he is ready for the challenges!

Sacked!!!

Dr (mrs) Ndidi Okereke Onyuike.....I guess the look in this picture depicts how furious she is now...poor woman!.

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Did I?

This is the tittle of Bisade Ologunde aka Lagbaja's new single...and guess what?.....the masked man featured a Spanish singer.The song received great acclaim from Lagbaja enthusiasts and other African musicians.
Will tell you more about the Spanish singer later
.

eko oni baje

Don't know how long this picture has been circulating but I just saw it and decided to share it....Eko oni baje o.......but why not Fashola and his deputy naa

Erastus Akingbola returns to Nigeria

Mr. Akingbola arrived in Nigeria yesterday and may be meeting with agents of the anti-graft commission today.

The former bank executive is being investigated by the commission over allegations of fraudulent abuse of credit process, insider trading, capital market manipulation, and money laundering running into billions of naira.

Ex general kills kidnapper

In a rare display of bravery, a retired General of the Nigerian Army, Joseph Okoloagu, has shot dead a member of a kidnap gang that attempted to abduct him in Aba, Abia State.

Okoloagu, a former Nigerian Military attaché to Pakistan, was on Monday night travelling to Port-Harcourt in his 604 Peugeot car when the kidnappers intercepted the vehicle on Alaoji-Ugwunagbo area of Aba – Port Harcourt Expressway.

The Action Congress member was in company with his private driver and a security detail when the armed kidnappers surfaced from a bush and opened fire on his vehicle, forcing it to a halt.

The kidnappers immediately surrounded the car and one of them wanted to drag out the already wounded ex-Army General who sat at the back seat.

Surprisingly, as soon as he drew near, Okoloagu pulled out his revolver and repeatedly shot the kidnapper, who slumped and died immediately.

According to motorists, who watched the scene from a distance and nearby bushes, the other kidnappers immediately retreated and took cover from where they exchanged fire with the general.

The gunfire attracted an army patrol team and the kidnappers reportedly fled on sighting the soldiers.

The ex-army general and the two other occupants of his car who also sustained bullet injuries were rushed to Riverine Hospital, Umungazi, Aba, where they are receiving medical attention under heavy security provided by a platoon of soldiers from Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

Okoloagu, who spoke to our correspondent on the phone from his sick bed, said, "Yes, kidnappers attacked us in Aba on my way to Port Harcourt yesterday (Monday). They shot me on the chest, shot my security detail on the hand and shot my driver on the head. I was able to kill one of the kidnappers who came to take me with my revolver before I escaped."

"My driver is still in a coma, but we are praying that the bullet did not touch his brain. I am only alive today because of my personal gun. What of the people who don't have guns?

"I think everybody in the country should have a gun since the government can no longer protect us. There is no government in Abia State."

When contacted on the phone, Police Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, Ali Okechukwu, said he was yet to be briefed on any of such incident.

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Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together

Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.

The discovery didn't bring bitterness or recrimination. Rather, it led to the creation of a bigger family.

Today, the two 25-year-olds are living and working together with both sets of parents growing vegetables and coffee on a small farm in southeastern Brazil.

The chain of events started with Aliprandi, who was always intrigued that he did not resemble the four sisters he grew up with.

"There was something different," he told The Associated Press by phone. "I had blonde hair and blue eyes and my sisters had dark hair and eyes.

Aliprandi said he was 14 when his suspicions intensified after watching a TV news report on babies getting switched at birth because of mistakes at hospitals.

"I told my father of my doubts and that I wanted to do a DNA test. But it was too expensive" for the family, he said.

A decade later, Aliprandi did it on his own.

"In December 2008, when I was 24, I decided I needed an answer to my doubts and paid 300 reals ($166) for a DNA test that confirmed my suspicions that I was not the birth son of the man and woman who had raised me," he said.

It was a big shock for his parents, Zilda and Antonio Aliprandi. They at first refused to believe the results, but eventually decided to help him look for his biological parents.

The search began at the Madre Regina Protmann Hospital, where he was born.

"I showed the hospital the results of the DNA test and told them that they proved that I had been switched at birth," Aliprandi said.

But hospital officials were skeptical, he said, and asked him to have another DNA test, which he did three months later.

The DNA results were the same as the first — Aliprandi had been given to the wrong mother as an infant.

He said the hospital then searched its records and found Elton Plaster was born there on the same day.

The records led Aliprandi to the 35-acre (14-hectare) farm where Plaster lived with his parents, Nilza and Adelson, in the town of Santa Maria de Jetiba, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) from the Aliprandi home in Joao Neiva.

The Plasters agreed to do DNA tests.

"They discovered that Elton was the biological son of the man and woman that I had been calling Mom and Dad for 24 years," Aliprandi said.

"Meanwhile, Elton discovered that the couple he had always regarded as his biological parents were mine."

The discovery did not cause any upset, he said.

"Instead it sparked a desire to join our families," Aliprandi said. "Elton and I wanted to remain with those who raised us and with our birth parents. We wanted to expand our families."

So about a year ago, Aliprandi and the parents who raised him accepted an offer from the Plasters to move to their farm, where they built a home.

"This is the way it should be," Adelson Plaster recently told Globo TV. "We are all together and I now have two sons living and working here."

"It's not everyone who can say he has two fathers and two mothers living together with him," Aliprandi said.


Source : Yahoo news