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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS7E2 Bad Tidings]]", Noel and Lynn are Lily's biological parents. They fooled around while Matthew was away about three years ago, and she became pregnant. Cassie and the group decided "to close ranks; act out a lie." Lynn disappeared from the village to "visit her mother in New Zealand"; at the same time, Rachel "went to London to give birth to her baby," so that they could cover up the pregnancy and birth. Rachel keeps Lily secluded at her house so no one sees that they don't look anything alike.
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* In Vivian Vande Velde's ''Never Trust a Dead Man'', the protagonist ends up magically disguising himself as Kendra, a girl from his village who recently left to join a convent (supposedly). To his great surprise, as soon as Kendra's friends and family see the disguised protagonist, they start asking what happened to her baby.
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* In Vivian Vande Velde's Creator/VivianVandeVelde's ''Never Trust a Dead Man'', the protagonist ends up magically disguising himself as Kendra, a girl from his village who recently left to join a convent (supposedly). To his great surprise, as soon as Kendra's friends and family see the disguised protagonist, they start asking what happened to her baby.
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* In the musical version of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', Tracy auditions for ''The Corny Collins Show'' because one of the regular dancers is taking a nine-month leave of absence.
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* In the musical version of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'', Tracy auditions for ''The Corny Collins Show'' because one of the regular dancers is taking a nine-month leave of absence.
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* This happened to Creator/JackNicholson -- his "older sister" was really his mother, and his "mother" was really his grandmother. He didn't learn about the switcheroo until a ''Time'' magazine reporter told him.
* And Ted Bundy.
* Not long after she was announced as the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections, rumours began to circulate that Gov. Sarah Palin's youngest child was actually her grandchild, by one of her teenage daughters. Although the rumors were unsubstantiated, it did eventually lead to Palin's family announcing that one of her teenage daughters was pregnant out of wedlock, although the family was quick to stress that she intended to marry the father. Bristol, her oldest daughter, could not have physically conceived both her own son and Trig[[note]]not to mention that Trig has Down's Syndrome, which is far more likely to occur in children born to an older mother than a teenager[[/note]]. Palin's next oldest daughter, Willow, would have had to have been about 13 when Trig was conceived, and Piper, her next daughter, is still far too young to physically be capable of conceiving.
* Somewhat related to this trope: Nowadays, if a baby is labeled premature, they probably are actually early. However, in the olden days, a premature baby often meant that Mummy and Daddy's wedding was late. And possibly that there was a [[ShotgunWedding shotgun]] involved.
** Leading to the joke: An eager new bride can do in 6 months what takes everyone else 9.
** And the other: The first baby can come any time after the wedding, but the second always takes 9 months.
* Singer and actor Music/BobbyDarin learned when he was 33 that his mother was in fact his grandmother and that his big sister was, [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo you guessed it...]]
* Women across a variety of locations and social demographics use coded language to obtain abortifacients even today. A woman might request that her doctor write her a prescription for medication that will "start her period"... and also evacuate the contents of her uterus. A number of over-the-counter patent medicines of the 19th and early 20th century claimed to be for ordinary ailments but carried solemn warnings that they were not to be used by "married women" (then a euphemism for "pregnant women") because they had the side effect of "suppuration" (then a euphemism for "miscarriage"). One such patent medicine even carried a label reading, "Warning: almost certainly causes abortions!" which, given the cheerful yellow font and the exclamation point, [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing seems more like a promise than a warning.]]
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* This happened to Creator/JackNicholson -- his "older sister" was really his mother, and his "mother" was really his grandmother. He didn't learn about the switcheroo until a ''Time'' magazine reporter told him.
* And Ted Bundy.
* Not long after she was announced as the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections, rumours began to circulate that Gov. Sarah Palin's youngest child was actually her grandchild, by one of her teenage daughters. Although the rumors were unsubstantiated, it did eventually lead to Palin's family announcing that one of her teenage daughters was pregnant out of wedlock, although the family was quick to stress that she intended to marry the father. Bristol, her oldest daughter, could not have physically conceived both her own son and Trig[[note]]not to mention that Trig has Down's Syndrome, which is far more likely to occur in children born to an older mother than a teenager[[/note]]. Palin's next oldest daughter, Willow, would have had to have been about 13 when Trig was conceived, and Piper, her next daughter, is still far too young to physically be capable of conceiving.
* Somewhat related to this trope: Nowadays, if a baby is labeled premature, they probably are actually early. However, in the olden days, a premature baby often meant that Mummy and Daddy's wedding was late. And possibly that there was a [[ShotgunWedding shotgun]] involved.
** Leading to the joke: An eager new bride can do in 6 months what takes everyone else 9.
** And the other: The first baby can come any time after the wedding, but the second always takes 9 months.
* Singer and actor Music/BobbyDarin learned when he was 33 that his mother was in fact his grandmother and that his big sister was, [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo you guessed it...]]
* Women across a variety of locations and social demographics use coded language to obtain abortifacients even today. A woman might request that her doctor write her a prescription for medication that will "start her period"... and also evacuate the contents of her uterus. A number of over-the-counter patent medicines of the 19th and early 20th century claimed to be for ordinary ailments but carried solemn warnings that they were not to be used by "married women" (then a euphemism for "pregnant women") because they had the side effect of "suppuration" (then a euphemism for "miscarriage"). One such patent medicine even carried a label reading, "Warning: almost certainly causes abortions!" which, given the cheerful yellow font and the exclamation point, [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing seems more like a promise than a warning.]]
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