A man who was switched at birth admits that he resents his mother for not swapping him back as he grew up poor while the other child grew up rich.Robin and Gavin were accidentally handed to the wrong mothers by a nurse at a hospital where they were the only two babies born on that day in February 1989.This meant that Robin, who was born at Nigel Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, was raised by single mum Sandy Dawkins who was struggling to get by on the outskirts of the city while Gavin grew up with wealthier parent Megs Clinton Parker in Pietermaritzburg.
The mistake was not revealed until two years later when a disagreement over Gavin's rightful father led to a DNA test showcasing that Megs was not his birth mother, as reported by The Mirror.Hospital records confirmed that Robin was Megs' biological child who was growing up with Sandy as his mum.When faced with swapping their birth sons back, Megs and Sandy chose to keep the children they had raised since birth.Speaking nearer the time, one of the parents told 60 Minutes Australia: "You can't reject a child that you've been so close to for two years."Initially I think you protect the one you've got.
The first few days are shock, then the curiosity comes. Where's my baby?"The boys grew up 500km apart in very different environments and referred to each other as brothers.But Robin has since admitted that he wishes his biological mother fought to switch him back.Speaking at age 15, he said he had "difficulty accepting the situation" and misses his mother Megs "awfully a lot" who he speaks to daily on the phone.He told how life with Sandy was "not easy" and that he resented Gavin who does "get things easy.""If I've ever wanted something, I've had to work towards it.
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