14 Sep 2018

Who is the real Paul Fronczak?

From Nine To Noon, 10:06 am on 14 September 2018
Paul Fronczak and the only image of the real baby Paul Fronczak

Paul Fronczak and the only image of the real baby Paul Fronczak Photo: supplied

Paul Fronczak spent most of his life thinking he knew who is was. A boy from Chicago, albeit with a good backstory. He thought he was the child pictured in faded news clippings from 1964, stolen at a one day old from his mother's arms in hospital, but found two years later in New Jersey and returned to his parents by the FBI.

But as he grew, Paul noticed he was very different from his parents and brother, and a DNA test revealed the truth.

There was no chance he was related to Fronczak family. The FBI had made a mistake. So who was he? And what happened to the real baby Paul Fronczak? He joins Kathryn to tell his remarkable story which has many surprising twists and turns.