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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Danny Halpin

Court tells woman who had sex with identical twins it is ‘not possible’ to identify dad

The child, referred to only as P, has two possible fathers - (Getty/iStock)

The paternity of a child, whose mother had sex with identical twins within four days, will remain a mystery for now. The Court of Appeal stated that current DNA testing limitations prevent identifying the biological parent. The legal case concerns a child, referred to as P in court documents, whose birth certificate initially named one of the twins as the father.

However, the other twin, alongside the child's mother, sought to assume parental responsibility by challenging a previous family court decision that had upheld the initial registration.

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