Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally get apology

Eddy Ambrose, left, and Richard Beauvais in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada, in May 2023. Photograph: (Alana Paterson/The New York Times) Credit: New York Times / Redux / eyevine

For nearly seven decades, two Canadian men lived lives – full of pain, joy and love – meant for the other.

Richard Beauvais, 68, believed he was Indigenous. Eddy Ambrose, who shares the same birthday, always understood that he was of Ukrainian descent.