I read an article that stated: Bobby/Bruce grew up, got married, had four children, and passed in 1966. In 2004, his son, Bob Dunbar, Jr., finally decided to take a DNA test, as his daughter Margaret was investigating claims that her grandfather Bobby Dunbar was in fact not Bobby Dunbar. The DNA test proved, without a doubt, that the man raised as Bobby Dunbar had no relation to the Dunbar family. I've also read that Bruce was the illegitimate son of Julia Anderson and Walters' brother; that Walters took the child to save his brother from the shame of having an illegitimate son. Very sad case.
This is a case I have been studying. Louisiana has a lot of great court cases like this one. Checkout Miller v. Miller (1849 La) as told in The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey. I wrote a blogpost about it if you’re interested.
@@SouthernGothicThePodcast The Two Lives of Sally Miller: A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans by Carol Wilson is another book on the subject and comes to a different conclusion than Bailey.
I read an article that stated: Bobby/Bruce grew up, got married, had four children, and passed in 1966. In 2004, his son, Bob Dunbar, Jr., finally decided to take a DNA test, as his daughter Margaret was investigating claims that her grandfather Bobby Dunbar was in fact not Bobby Dunbar. The DNA test proved, without a doubt, that the man raised as Bobby Dunbar had no relation to the Dunbar family. I've also read that Bruce was the illegitimate son of Julia Anderson and Walters' brother; that Walters took the child to save his brother from the shame of having an illegitimate son. Very sad case.
It is such a deep case, I bet someone could do a limited series with six episodes and still have rabbit holes to explore!
This is a case I have been studying. Louisiana has a lot of great court cases like this one. Checkout Miller v. Miller (1849 La) as told in The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey. I wrote a blogpost about it if you’re interested.
That sounds very interesting. I’ll check it out, thanks for sharing
@@SouthernGothicThePodcast The Two Lives of Sally Miller: A Case of Mistaken Racial Identity in Antebellum New Orleans by Carol Wilson is another book on the subject and comes to a different conclusion than Bailey.