Ortiz and her wife take the dolls out in public and at a local target store and the reactions were priceless. Grandmother Julie Tjerrild had no idea that baby Liam was a reborn doll.

The Reborn baby doll community, a group making content of their hyper-realistic dolls, does not come without its haters.

While reborn dolls may certainly give some people pause, they have proven therapeutic benefits, particularly for those with dementia.

It’s not that weird to be an adult who loves hyper-realistic baby dolls Inside the online communities for reborn doll artists and collectors.

The collectible dolls are made of vinyl and transformed - or "reborn" - with paint and faux hair to resemble real babies as much as possible. Little girls own them, but women favor them more ...

SAO PAULO — Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing the lifelike ...

Moore searched reborn baby dolls on the internet in January. Moore, a day care worker, had seen ads about life-like dolls before. Moore’s not a collector, she just wanted to share the doll with ...

Why Some Women Pay Up to $5,000 for Life-Like, 'Reborn' Baby Dolls: Some Are Grieving, Others Think 'They're Cute' "You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after ...

A woman said she wants to go to court over the custody of a “reborn” baby doll, according to attorney Suzana Ferreira, who shared the case on social media. Ferreira said she was contacted by a ...

The psychology behind collecting Reborn dolls is complex. In some cases, women who collect the dolls have lost a baby or suffered from repeated miscarriages, as ABC reported.