Montreal The good news for the Montreal man claiming paternity of his former girlfriend's five-year-old child is that the woman acknowledged having an affair with him.
The bad news is that she said paternity is uncertain because she also had sex with the man's identical twin at the time of conception.
They weren't expecting that, said Myriam Pamphile, a lawyer representing the twin brothers.
So which twin is the father?
The quandary is spelled out in a Montreal court case that blends family-law issues with questions about the limits of DNA testing.
With identical twins having similar DNA, there's a high risk that it is impossible to determine who the father is, Mr. Justice Paul Jolin noted in a recent ruling.
Judge Jolin, of Quebec Superior Court, has so far asked only that the man seeking paternity rights undergo by Dec. 1 a DNA test to see if he could even claim possible paternity.
Ms. Pamphile said she could not find any legal precedents for the extraordinary court case.
