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Sat 11 Nov 2002Mother in baby mix-up accepts offer of DNA test by hospitalThe Cork hospital where two new-born babies were mixed up on Wednesday has offered DNA testing to both sets of parents to reassure them that they now have the right infants.One of the mothers, Ms Teresa McGrath, has accepted the offer of the test, to be carried out on Monday, although she said she was already satisfied that the baby she now had was her son Marcus.