Bay discovers that she has inherited her artistic talent from Regina, and Daphne discovers she has inherited John's athletic skill and Kathryn's love of cooking. The girls sometimes struggle with their identities. This arrangement forces the girls, along with both families, to understand their differences and embrace their similarities.
The Kennishes invite Daphne and Regina to their home, and after learning that Regina is struggling financially, propose that they move into their guest house with Adriana, an offer that Regina accepts. Daphne is deaf, having lost her hearing as a result of contracting meningitis at age three. It is revealed that the hospital mistakenly switched Bay at birth with Daphne, who has been raised by her single mother Regina and grandmother Adriana in the low-income neighborhood of East Riverside, Missouri. Genetic testing confirms Bay is not the Kennishes' biological daughter. Main article: List of Switched at Birth episodesīay Kennish, a teenage girl living in the Kansas City suburb of Mission Hills, Kansas, discovers from a school lab assignment that her blood type is incompatible with that of her parents. In October 2016, the network announced that the final season would premiere on January 31, 2017.
On March 19, 2016, it was announced that the fifth season was bumped from a March 2016 to a January 2017 premiere date.
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On October 21, 2015, ABC Family (now rebranded as Freeform) confirmed the series had been renewed for its fifth season, which was later confirmed to be the final season. On August 13, 2014, ABC Family renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on January 6, 2015. The series won an honorary Peabody Award in 2013, and on July 30, ABC Family ordered a third season which premiered on January 13, 2014. The show's debut was ABC Family's highest-rated series debut to date. According to ABC Family, it is "the first mainstream television series to have multiple deaf and hard-of-hearing series regulars and scenes shot entirely in American Sign Language (ASL)". The one-hour scripted drama is set in the Kansas City metropolitan area, and revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments: one in an affluent suburb, and the other in a working-class neighborhood. Switched at Birth is an American teen/family drama television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011. Productions (from "This Is The Color Of My Dreams")