 Lydia Fairchild was pregnant with her third child, when she and the father of her children, Jamie Townsend, separated. When Lydia applied for welfare in 2002, she was asked to provide DNA evidence that Jamie was the father of her children. While the results showed Jamie was the father of the children, the DNA tests showed that she was not their mother. Lydia ended up being taken to court for fraud for claiming benefit for other people s children. Hospital records of her prior births were ignored. Prosecutors called for her two children to be taken into care. When it came for her to give birth to her third child, the judge ordered a witness be present at the birth. This witness was to ensure that blood samples were immediately taken from both the child and Lydia. Two weeks later, DNA tests showed that she was not the mother of that child either.