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Andrew Benito Robinson 1991-1992
Lived: 22 Ramsay Street
Parents: Paul and Christina Robinson
Siblings: Amy, Cameron, Robert and Lucinda [Elle]

The youngest son of Paul Robinson and his third wife Christina, Andrew Robinson was born on 13th November 1991. Having already fathered a daughter, Amy, with an old flame from his airline days and the triplets, Robert, Cameron and Lucinda, with second wife Gail, Paul approached the birth of Andrew with huge anticipation. With Amy living in South America and the triplets in Tasmania, Paul vowed to be a proper father to this child. Such was his determination that everything about his fifth offspring would be perfect, he planned the route that he and Chrissie would take when she went into labour weeks before the baby was due. But the one thing Paul didn't allow for was running out of petrol, and his car came to a dead stop on a deserted country road as Christina was in the throes of labour. After spotting an ice-cream van nearby, Paul persuaded the driver to take him and Christina to the hospital in it, and not long after getting safely to the hospital, Chrissie gave birth to baby Andrew.

There was an initial quarrel between Andrew's parents over what he should be called, with Chrissie keen on naming him Benito after her uncle and Paul intent on Paul Robinson Junior, a sure sign that Paul saw Andrew as heir to his business empire. But they eventually settled on Andrew and he was christened soon after.

Within the first 18 months of his life, Andrew experienced considerable turmoil, between Paul suffering a nervous breakdown after getting into financial difficulties, his half-sister Amy inadvertently putting his life in danger by leaving an unexploded landmine lying around him and the subsequent breakdown of his parents' marriage after Paul had an affair with Christina's twin sister Caroline, placing little Andrew at the centre of a nasty custody battle. Things finally looked up when Paul and Christina patched up their differences, renewed their vows and left Erinsborough for a new life managing a deluxe hotel in Hawaii. But Andrew wasn’t to settle there long as within a year, Paul was forced to go on the run after framing his brother-in-law Phil Martin for fraud. Christina and Andrew joined him in exile in Brazil for a time, but after a few years, Paul was forced to face the music and a stretch in jail while Christina resettled in Sydney where Andrew has grown into his teenage years in considerably less dramatic circumstances than in the first few years of his life.

Magic Moments
Episode 1563: Andrew's Birth

Biography by Moe

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