She had everybody fooled for months.
When 16-year-old Julia* told her boyfriend Jordan Wyrabkiewicz she was pregnant, he pledged to support her the best he could.
“I was excited, don’t get me wrong, but I was scared,” Wyrabkiewicz, also 16, told Fox2Detroit. “I started looking for jobs the best I could. I was ready to donate all my time.”
Julia’s family were surprised at the news — and never more so than when they learned she was expecting triplets.
For months, Michigan teenager Julia showed around ultrasounds of her unborn babies and accepted donations from a church, a not-for-profit group and an online support forum called Moms of Triplets.
Fox 2 Detroit reports she even attended a baby shower thrown for her by relatives, and told people she had named her three unborn children Ivan, Alice and Isabella.
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But when her due date came and went, Julia’s story began to crumble.
According to Newser, her boyfriend and his mother became suspicious, particularly since they couldn’t confirm who the girl’s doctor was.
Eventually, a concerned Ohio member of Moms of Triplets contacted the family — and the full story of Julia’s deception unfolded.
As the Moms of Triplets member pointed out, Julia’s ultrasound photos looked identical to those sold at a disturbing website called FakeABaby.com.