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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Lifestyle
Laura Sharman

Man 'resents mum' for not switching him back after baby mix up at hospital

A man who was swapped at birth in South Africa has admitted that he resents his mum for not switching him back - because he grew up poor while the other child was rich.

Robin and Gavin were accidentally given to the wrong mothers by a nurse at Nigel Hospital in Johannesburg where they were the only two babies born on that day in February 1989.

This meant Robin was raised by single mum Sandy Dawkins, who was struggling to get by on the outskirts of Johannesburg, while Gavin grew up with wealthier parent Megs Clinton Parker in Pietermaritzburg.

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