
Life Unexpected(2010)
16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the three form an unlikely family.


“One mistake changed two families forever.”
The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

Vanessa Marano
Bay Kennish

Katie Leclerc
Daphne Vasquez

Lucas Grabeel
Toby Kennish

Lea Thompson
Kathryn Kennish

Constance Marie
Regina Vasquez

D.W. Moffett
John Kennish
Switched at Birth is a drama, family series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of deaf, disabled, switched at birth, sign languages, teen drama, biological parents. Created by Linda Gase, it stars Vanessa Marano, Katie Leclerc, Lucas Grabeel. The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.
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