In 2012, Téa Delgado and Sam McCall both gave birth to sons, who were switched by Todd Manning and Heather Webber. This baby switch was unique because it featured cross-over characters from the fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania's, One Life to Live.
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Todd holding baby Victor (2012)
In June 2012, Téa Delgado and Sam McCall both gave birth to their sons during a torrential rainstorm. Téa's son wasn't breathing, and her ex-husband, Todd Manning, went looking for help. He brings the baby to Heather Webber, who tries to save him, but the baby dies.
Meanwhile, Sam comes to the same area, looking for help, and ends up passing out after putting her son down. Todd and Heather then switched the babies, giving Sam's breathing son to Téa, and leaving Téa's stillborn son in his place. Téa names "her son" Victor Lord III, while Sam buries "her son" as Jason Morgan Jr.
At General Hospital, Dr. Steve Webber told Téa that "her baby" may have a genetic disorder called beta thalassemia, also called Mediterranean Anemia, which Sam passed on to him and was prevalent in the Cassadine family. Téa wonders how that's possible since neither she nor Victor are Italian or Greek, which Dr. Webber said was common for the disorder. After getting the proper medication, Téa and "baby Victor" return to Llanview.
After a period of almost three months off screen, Téa and "Victor" are seen onscreen again at their home in Llanview, Pennsylvania. Heather broke out of Ferncliff Asylum and went to see Téa under the guise of wanting a fresh start and to make things right with the baby. When Heather gets to Téa's house, she introduces herself as her cousin, Susan Moore, and claims she is only there to check on baby "Victor."
Téa once again brings up the fact that neither her family nor anyone in her husband's family are carriers for beta thalassemia, yet baby "Victor" is a carrier. Téa thanks Heather for what she did on the night "Victor" was born and then gets a business call, leaving Heather all alone with the baby. Heather then reveals her plans of stealing baby "Victor," believing that she'll get better by raising a child.
Danny with Téa and Heather
After a deadly pathogen scare back in Port Charles, Jason Morgan decided to look into the events of the night Sam's son was born one more time because he didn't want her blaming herself for the baby's death. While looking through the medical records, Jason found that the blood type of the baby Sam buried as her son, did not match her blood type or Franco's, who was believed to be the father at the time due to Heather switching the paternity test. After finding this discrepancy, Jason began to suspect that her son was still alive. Jason, with the help of Spinelli, began to put the pieces together. After re-testing the DNA of the baby who died, they were sure that Sam's baby was still alive.
Jason approached Steve Webber to see if he knew about his mother's whereabouts. Steve did not know where Heather was, but gave Jason information on Téa's baby. Jason began to suspect that Téa had Sam's baby in Llanview with her. He enlists the help of John McBain and asks him to travel to Llanview to get a DNA sample from Téa's baby for confirmation.
John brought the sample, and Jason then took the sample to the lab when he was approached by Elizabeth Webber. After he tells Elizabeth about the test, she insists on helping him. She takes the results to the lab and puts a rush on them. When she returns with the test results, Jason was upset to see that the baby's DNA was not a match to Sam's.
Jason saves Danny
Hitting this roadblock discouraged Jason. However, Elizabeth came to his door with a confession: she had switched the DNA results and showed him the true results that confirmed Sam is the mother of Téa's baby. After receiving this latest news, Jason calls John and shows him the results. John goes to Llanview to break the news to Téa, while Jason heads to Alexis' house to tell Sam the news. Before he gets the chance to tell Sam, he gets a call from John telling him that Heather has kidnapped the baby.
Heather holes up at a motel with "Victor," telling him they're going away for good. Heather calls Todd, blackmailing him again, telling him to get money and fake passports for her and the baby. While she's waiting for Todd, "Victor's" medication runs out and Heather takes him to the hospital to get some more. By then, Jason and Sam have gone to the hospital, as well.
Heather takes the baby to the stairwell, and is discovered by Olivia Quartermaine. When Olivia tries to get the baby, Heather pushes her down the stairs and takes "Victor" up to the roof. Jason and Sam find Olivia, and chase after Heather to the roof, cornering her. Heather refuses to hand the baby over.
When the police surround the building, effectively stopping any chance of Heather escaping, she becomes unhinged. Heather tells Jason and Sam, "If I can't have this baby, no one can," and jumps over the ledge.[1] Jason saves the baby when he grabs him just before Heather falls, and gives him to Sam. He is finally reunited with his parents.
Danny back with his true parents
Téa comes by after realizing that the baby isn't hers, and says goodbye to "Victor." Though devastated, she gives him back to Sam and Jason, who rename their son Daniel Edward Morgan, after Sam's brother, Danny McCall, and Jason's grandfather, Edward Quartermaine.
Heather survives her fall from the roof and Todd visits her in the hospital. They try to blackmail one another to cover up everything they had done, but the whole truth comes out anyways. While going through his mother's belongings, Steve finds the real paternity test, proving that Jason is Danny's biological father and delivers it to Sam.
On the Prospect Park reboot of One Life to Live in 2013, Téa is seen walking through baby Victor's nursery and mourning the loss of her son. Téa ends up getting a surprise of her own, when she learns that her thought-dead husband, Victor Lord, Jr. was actually alive.