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DNA Results Of Haitian Baby Revealed

DNA Results Determine Child Belongs To Haitian Couple

POSTED: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

UPDATED: 1:16 pm EDT March 17, 2010

MIAMI -- A baby girl found alive five days after the earthquake in Haiti is not an orphan, according to DNA test results revealed Wednesday morning.

The baby, now 4 months old, was believed to be an orphan and was brought to the United States for treatment.

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A couple in Haiti said the girl was theirs and fought to get her back by taking DNA tests earlier this month to confirm paternity.

On Wednesday morning, a Miami-Dade County judge announced the DNA test results: Baby Jenny is not an orphan.

The baby was found trapped beneath the rubble barely breathing with several broken ribs. Doctors with Project Medishare stabilized the child days after the earthquake and flew her to the U.S. for treatment.

Doctors named her Patricia, but the couple in Haiti said her rightful name is Jenny.

Nadine Devilme and Junior Alexis said they searched for days hoping to find the baby girl. They contacted the Red Cross and learned their infant might have been flown to the U.S. for treatment.

Through a translator Devilme said, “They took our baby. We are happy they are helping our baby but we need our baby.”

The couple has a birth certificate, but that was not enough.

It has been two months since the baby arrived in the U.S. Since then, she has been under the supervision of the Florida Department of Children and Families.

The DNA results matching Jenny with Devilme were announced in a Miami-Dade courtroom Wednesday. The focus now is to reunite the child with her parents.

"It's really for the child's development. It's really critical that we get mom and child together as soon as possible," said D.J. Canaliva, of the Department of Children and Families.

Both parents likely will receive humanitarian parole to travel and stay in Miami while Jenny finishes her therapy. The goal is to help Jenny make a full recovery before returning to Haiti.

"The baby came here because the baby was in dire medical need. The baby still needs medical supervision, and the parents understand that," said Bob Martinez, the parents' lawyer.

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DNA Results Of Haitian Baby Revealed

DNA Results Determine Child Belongs To Haitian Couple

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