2018

Rob has pulled off the improbable again!

It is amazing the work Rob has done, not only toward finding anything about Gwendolyn, but in piecing together the Maternal side of the family. The Dunstan Family.

Rob has achieved an amazing resolution in a stroke of genius.

For some time Rob has been searching for his father, and by having a DNA test through a website called MyHeritage.com .... he has made contact with what has turned out to be his genetic family on his father's side, and found his birth father, who has unfortunately passed over leaving three boys and two daughters - one of them having the beautiful name "Gabrielle".

Rob got this photo which is pretty conclusive that the man is/was his father, and has had some contact with the sisters who have acknowledged him as their half brother, though no further contact was desired by them which has resulted in Rob having to accept things as they are. Their mother is still alive but there is a breakdown of communication for some unknown reason at this time, and sadly the children have no contact with her.

I was reading a passage I had written years ago of a labyrinth of theories about the "big picture" of what may have happened. Some theories are likely under normal circumstances, but others take into account more unusual circumstances. I will be working further to sort this part of history as I can.

 There is a time line

It is my opinion that mum knew that Robert Pollin was not the father but that she may have led him to believe he WAS the father and preferred that Rob's genetic father was not revealed. I believe she never saw Robs genetic father after the conception, and it is my belief that Rob's genetic father may never have known of the conception.

 There us the possibility that Gwendolyn had a long term relationship with Robert Pollin from before Rob's birth in 1858. Due to the circumstance that she became pregnant, she gave her son the name Robert. Never the less Rob was adopted into a Christian family close after his birth. In my mind, it is  similar to the fact that she gave me the name David after my own father.

Since I reconnected with my mother in 1963 just after my 15th birthday, she was living with a man whose name did not stick in my mind as names rarely do. His name may well have been Robert thought I kept thinking it was "Nev" or some other easily short-handled name. I am simply not sure at this time.

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Information has come to light that Gwendolyn married Robert Pollin in 1973 and "dissolved" in 1977... (the year my only daughter was born.)

I believe her relationship with Robert either turned sour since the birth and adoption of Rob, or there were other circumstances that will probably be near to impossible to clarify resulting in an DISSOLVE of the marriage.

The details need to be researched further. I can't help feeling the magnitude of her very sad life events led to Gwendolyn's disappearance. As there were later details that connected her to Melbourne, there are many possibilities why she found herself there.

Robert Pollin died in 1986 and lived in Kings Cross. At this time I have no information on the circumstances of his passing.

The trouble is, it is not as if absolutely anyone has ever cared about her disappearance. When someone goes missing you would think real police or detectives would have been interested. However there is also as much concern for Robert Pollin.

It was reported to us by Mum's sister, Eva, through Rob, who found her in 2004, that Gwendolyn's clothes and possessions were offered to Eva by someone in Melbourne. This is a very weird thing. Eva either didn't believe the items were really Gwen's, or that the cost of postage "could not be met" for one reason or another. The story goes that Eva asked local Police what she should do, and they dismissed it as a hoax... So she never did anything - and so Mother's trail died there.

I am wondering if there was...

1)  An illness :  As I was aware that Gwendolyn had a lot of serious health issues when I last saw her in 1969... In hindsight, they may have included some kind of cancer or other serious condition that was treated in Melbourne.

2)  or if she was a victim of fowl play. It is doubtful if anything about the incident was recorded and kept on police files. That would be asking too much. I guess I have watched too many English Detective stories., however it is something that should be followed up sometime..

Lord knows how a person disappears from all records in a place like Australia. I guess until all kinds of records are freely available on the Internet, many disappearances and other issues will never be solved. I think it is becoming an expectation in the minds of today's citizens that this is the logical step for a better society... a better world. Let us hope that something happens to actually bring this about.

In any event, Gwendolyn Josephine Dunstan should be regarded as a missing person, in my book.

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