: Seeking to ensure her own twin sons remain the sole heirs to the Arocha fortune, Herminia orders the infants to be switched.

In Episode 2 of the 1992 Venezuelan telenovela , the foundational tragedy of the series is established through the death of Andreina Arocha and the subsequent baby-swapping plot. Episode 2 Key Plot Points

: Andreina Arocha, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, dies from a terminal illness (leukemia) shortly after giving birth to a healthy baby girl.

: Herminia, Andreina’s unscrupulous stepmother, discovers that a Gypsy woman in the local traveling circus has also died during childbirth, along with her newborn.