Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25613119-20150304154923/@comment-24936039-20150402214807

Bumidek wrote: Andrew.scott.503 wrote:

However, then how would one explain the Rumples/Mal's 'viewing' of baby Lilith being adopted in the LWM 30 years ago? Why does that need explaination? Just-born Lily(=Lilith) was send right after the ritual through a portal to LWM where she was found and adopted as being showed.

Because Mal wanted to know the fate of >>>her<<< child. For the "switch at (pre)birth" scenario to work, the spell Gold cast would show baby Emma just before or soon after the dark curse 1 was cast.

Also in the viewing, baby Lily clearly has the star birthmark on her wrist (where Emma has none).