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Bitter family saga as mothers discover sons were switched at birth | 60 Minutes Australia

May 29, 2021
stealing Dawkins Sandy Dawkins Gavin Clinton Parker Meg's Clinton Parker for people who are still dealing with an incredible event, a disastrous hate. This extraordinary story began 23 years ago right here at Nigel Hospital, about an hour's drive from Johannesburg, on a hot summer afternoon. Two women who were complete. Some strangers gave

birth

to two children, they were the only babies born that day, but then a nurse made the most terrible mistake, the babies were given to the wrong mother, they were

switched

at

birth

, the mistake meant that Robin was raised by Sandy Dawkins, who was poor and single.
bitter family saga as mothers discover sons were switched at birth 60 minutes australia
Mum struggling to make ends meet living on the outskirts of Johannesburg, do you ever stop and think if the swap had never happened what your life might have become hundreds of times over? You know there are so many questions but I will never know. I will never know. Meanwhile, Gavan was raised by Meg's Clinton Parker in a relatively wealthy and safe environment in the South African city of Pietermaritzburg. Compared to Robins, he had won the lottery saying "I thank my lucky stars every day" would be wrong, but at the same time he was Given a life that I have not lived and continue to live and do not regret a thing, the confusion

discover

ed when a paternity suit about Gavin led to a DNA test that showed he was not his son.
bitter family saga as mothers discover sons were switched at birth 60 minutes australia

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Don't reject him I think he's quite an object, a kid you've been so close to for two years. We first met the

mothers

16 years ago when they spoke to Richard Carlton. I mean, you didn't know where my baby is? I mean, did you know each other? You had given birth to something that you see initially, I think you protect what you have experienced, you know, the first days are shocking, then curiosity comes, we will hold on for a second, um, it's not that easy, we are my baby. I know that a review of hospital records showed that Meg's baby had gone home with Sandy Dawkins and it was like someone electrocuted me.
bitter family saga as mothers discover sons were switched at birth 60 minutes australia
I was immediately hysterical because I mean, they tell you at the time you've been watching for the last 20 months, that's not the case. belongs to someone else, so the

mothers

were faced with the impossible choice between the young children they loved or the babies they had given birth to and decided not to exchange the children, a heartbreaking decision that worries them to this day if They would have exchanged the children. looking back as you look back in hindsight, yeah, because in trying to keep them from getting hurt, in trying to keep a lot of people from getting hurt, actually, if you had done a lot more damage, it would have been easier to say that MiG is Robin, Yeah.
bitter family saga as mothers discover sons were switched at birth 60 minutes australia
I'll take Kevin there. The heartbreak would have been incredible, but I think there would have been a lot less damage done in the beginning. The decision not to trade seemed to work. The mothers approached each other like sisters in arms. The children happily and naively accepted their fate. In life we ​​do things together, we get up for a semester sometimes, but at least three of us know each other. Damn, if you weren't sure, I don't think we would have had a good time because we like brothers, it's perfect for each other, it's not easy, yes. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, but when Robin was 15 when I met him, the grim realities of his meager life with Sandy hit home.
It's difficult, if I've wanted something, I've had to walk to work. That's why I've never had to come to me I'm not saying I've never had anything what I'm saying he says I've given makes things easy the year was 2004 Gavin living Robin's life was very comfortable with his lot, right? Did you ever want to go live with Sandy no I'm really happy down here you're happy with the life you were accidentally given yes you feel sorry for Robin but Meg felt like her biological son was turning into a lost boy showing up desperately at school. She isolated herself from her peers who need to be rescued from her disadvantaged life, so she sees the day when she will get her son back.
I have to see that day because that day she is not there, so prove that it is non-negotiable. You really miss her boy, don't you? So, at the age of 15, encouraged by Meg, Robin made the life-changing decision and moved across the country to live with Meg and Gavin. Yeah, I mean, I love Sandy, I mean, she's my mom for 15 years and she's pretty much gone. your mother after 15 years is life is not the easiest thing or decision you are going to make she has been left with nothing yes very nice eh answers one denies that she is very happy with what she has achieved you know, I mean, she she's ruined people's loss he's just not the way To see who's life she ruined man to begin with, I can understand if it was me I'd be devastated but I won't send him back because that's who she is.
I won't regret it because I won, I'm very happy. I won, but for my teammates the victory would soon prove

bitter

sweet, soon the Sun he fought for became the Sun he fought with mainly because of Robin's attitude towards her new school. Meg at her worst. What was she like under this roof with Robbie? I know that my expectations are probably too high and having had contact with them I understood that he knew what we expected from him and it improved that I expected too much too soon but I didn't want it for myself, I wanted it for him when I am constantly under pressure you are going to turning into a dragon is not who I am so it was like I was in a bottle and the lid was closed.
Do you think she was trying to fit in all the missing ones? I think it's definitely like that for me to try and change in two three years to just make her or keep her happy like in a crowd and I thought I could do it but I can't so when she was 18, Robin dropped out of school and went to school. road ending in the far north of South Africa, in a town called Louis Ricard, where he now works building by hand. Safari says "ok", mask of your great sense of pride, of course, far away from your skateboard in Johannesburg, one hundred percent fiddling with it while Robin moved on creating a new life a new identity broke his birth mother's heart He left her behind but when he experienced failure then you wanted all the right things for the wrong rea

sons

but they just didn't fit into the plans and when he left I simply became a double living for which the other big victim was the boy's relationship.
Gavin was furious at Robin's behavior towards me, if you had anyone I cared about it's a matter of either I kill you or you'll walk away from us, so yeah why did you do it? I feel like you wanted to kill him it's the fact that he hurt it makes her feel extremely betrayed and really hurt when he left he had given her a home for three or four years she was taking care of him I'm supporting him and he left just giving everything back to us The complete breakdown of her relationship with Robin wasn't the only thing she had to deal with.
Gavin was struggling with where he fit in, so three years ago via Facebook he announced that he was gay, he wasn't. It doesn't make any difference to you, I mean I continue the same way I did before, the only difference is that now instead of connecting with a goal, I have with the guy, so there really is no difference and yes, the perception of the world sometimes gets in the way, but at the same time I can still go up there and beat you up if you have something to say if you need to apologize, I'll take it as a warning that way.
I think I was more disappointed with how to fix it. I'd rather not know how to fix it now and you know the whole grandkids thing with him. I mean, I said well, you know we can adopt. I said no, no, we did it. We tried that little boy, the boy. It doesn't work for me, which brings us to a delightful twist in this lifelong

saga

. Robin is now a father who he met and fell in love with Lisl and when she became pregnant they got married. Hello dear James, and she is beautiful, your mom and dad, how old are they?
James and I'm Peter, I'm Lisa, how are you? Lisl, well, yes. I've known this man longer than you and you bake the facts and with a new life has come a new perspective on the impossible decision that was made long ago. It's given you some understanding of what Meg and Sandy went through. Definitely, if I have to find out that he is not mine, there is no smarter way to return him. I bet I would make the decision not to meet the other kid because I know what I have. I have it's good and I'll keep it that way oh yeah well I wouldn't want Impe to know I'd just keep it a secret and leave it at that and that's the easy answer the problem is he would still want to know about that other kid he says No, I wouldn't have contact and if I had done that, I would be worse off now if you had exchanged the children.
No, I have us. I still think I got the best of both worlds even with all the so you still consider yourself a winner I don't think anyone wins no one has won anything at the end of the day we are both sitting with absolute chaos on our hands something that is irreparable you will never be able to fix it just let yourself feel that yes It has been an extraordinary journey, one that has had its share of casualties. Sandi is not involved in any of the children's lives, stealing as if the prodigal son had returned to Meg's

family

with a son of her own sweet baby.
James has helped mend the rift between two brothers. I think he loves me, my mother and my son. I think we have realized that there is nothing more important than

family

. The differences don't matter. They stay firmly together. They don't pick up small problems. They get so big. We should never have allowed it. for it to get so big, so this little man is what we could call the bridge between YouTube. I guess we could, yes, a rickety bridge, no, no, well, no, good foundation. Hi, I'm Liz Hayes, thanks for watching to stay up to date with all the latest news from 60 Minutes.
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