The Great Hospital Baby Switch
It was a dark and stormy night. A terrible electrical storm rages with lots of rain, lightning, and thunder. At a
small rural hospital in South Georgia, it is also an unusually busy night in the labor and delivery room. Usually, no
more than one baby is delivered each night. Tonight, three families are here for deliveries, all at the same time: the
Smiths, the Browns, and the Blacks. All families are expecting their first child, and all families are Caucasian. There
is a terrible rush because all three mothers are in labor and deliver their baby boys at the same time. The nurses are
busy juggling babies, so they decide to postpone putting on the ID bracelets. A terrible lightning flashed and the
power went out. In the confusion, the nurses cannot remember which baby belongs to which family. This is a very
small hospital and DNA technology is unavailable. The hospital decides to use blood typing to determine the
identities of the babies.
Can you tell which family should be matched with which baby? Support your conclusion by
doing as many Punnett Squares as needed to prove you are correct