Book of Questions by Dr. Stock - Question 6

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Question 6 from the book is: "You discover your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mixup at the hospital, not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to try to correct the mistake?" My answer to this question is no. Even if the child is only one and won't really remember me after awhile I would still have a bond to the child and them to me. They would be my child just as much as my biological child would be and I would love them both. Instead, I would contact the mother/family who has my biological child and sees if we can work out a way to stay in contact and raise our kids together. I would also prefer to let the children know once they are old enough to understand and that way both kids grow up with two loving families. I come from a blended family and I consider my brother's brothers to be just as much my brothers as my biological brothers are. Just because there mom and dad are different from mine doesn't mean that we didn't grow up together, spend holidays together, etc. We were just one really big family and we all love each other and we all understood and knew what was going on from an early age. How would you respond to this question?