A WOMAN who was snatched from her bed just three days old has forgiven her captor and says he will lead her down the aisle with her biological father.
Miche Zephany, now 25, was named South Africa’s Madelaine McCann after being released from the hospital shortly after her birth.
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Miche, who was born Zephany Nurse, was stolen by Lavona Solomon, who dressed up as a nurse to take a replacement baby after having a late miscarriage and faking it for the rest of her pregnancy.
The kidnapper and her husband Michael named the girl Miche and raised her.
Miche didn’t discover the truth until she was 17, but says she accepts Michael as the man who raised her.
Her true identity was revealed when friends pointed out that a new girl at her school looked shockingly similar to her.
It turned out to be her biological sister Cassidy.
Miche discussed that day and told the Mirror: “I was just a normal teenager until the day I met Cassidy at school. When I saw her face, we had this sensation, this connection.”
“We clicked right away and we became friends right away. I felt protected.”
Her biological family also learns to accept the couple who took their daughter, and she insists that both of her fathers accompany her down the aisle.
“I wouldn’t say Michael and Morne have a friendship, but they respect each other.”
“I want both of my fathers to escort me down the aisle. I wish they both had that honor,” she said.
“I was raised by and lived with Michael, but I also have my biological father Morne. My children know them both. My children regularly play with Michael.”
“Then they have ‘Pa’ who is my father.”
Miche, now called Miche Zephany, is engaged to longtime partner Justin Sheldon, with whom she shares two children.
Her biological parents Morne, 45, and Celeste, 43, split after the kidnapping but reconciled after their child was found.
Michael always claimed that he did not know that Miche was taken and always believed that she was his child with Lavona.
Lavona was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2016 for kidnapping and violation of the Children’s Act
While she insists she “will always have love for Lavona”, Miche has recently distanced himself from her “mother” and it has been three years since she last visited her in prison.
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