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By Ancestry \”When billionaire media producer Oprah Winfrey took a DNA test for the PBS show African American Lives a few years back, she learned that her DNA had three exact matches — with the Kpelle people, who lived in western Africa in what’s now Liberia; the Bamileke people in Cameroon; and a Bantu-speaking tribe in Zambia. […]

By Barkus Law 07/20/2015 \”Earlier this month R&B singer Chris Brown was reported to have filed a paternity suit to claim legal rights to his daughter Royalty. The reason, according to media reports, is because he wants to go to court and clear the air once and for all over custody and child support for

By Pulse.ng 07/17/2015 \”An Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday dissolved an eight-year-old marriage between an accountant, Onome Agbudge, and his wife, Grace, over children’s paternity. In his judgment, the Court President, Mr Olu Adebiyi, said since efforts to reconcile the couple proved abortive, he had no option than to dissolve the union. He held that the \”Continuous

By cjonline.com 07/17/2015 \”The Kansas Supreme Court has refused a request that it remove Shawnee County District Judge Mary Mattivi from the case involving William Marotta’s donation of sperm in a plastic cup to a Topeka same-sex couple. State judicial records show the high court, in a five-sentence statement issued June 26, denied motions filed

By The Chronicle of Social Change 07/16/2015 \”A California law passed this week limits the extent to which paternity status can halt adoption proceedings. Assembly Bill 1049, signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday, clarifies a judge’s ability to consider an offer or refusal to sign a voluntary declaration of paternity as

By The National Review 07/15/2015 \”A student at the University of Kansas was expelled because he called his ex-girlfriend a “psycho b[****]” on Twitter — despite the fact that he didn’t use her name in the post. The case is currently before the Kansas Court of Appeals. According to the school’s lawyers, Navid Yeasin’s expulsion

By Fox Sports 07/14/2015 \”IT’S not a lead sentence we’d ever thought we’d have to write, but here goes: Authorities have ordered the body of one of Formula 1’s greatest drivers, who died 20 years ago, to be exhumed for a paternity test.  That, plus a driver who watched a sporting final from the sidelines

By Billboard 07/14/2015 \”DMX was sentenced to six months in jail on Tuesday night (July 14) in Buffalo, N.Y., Billboard has confirmed. The 44-year-old rapper was arrested last month in New York City for failure to pay child support just as he was about to perform at Radio City Music Hall. A spokesman for the New York City

By LA Times 07/13/2015 \”A court battle between a divorced couple over the future of their frozen embryos began Monday with an attorney for the former husband accusing the woman of using the dispute to get money. Dr. Mimi Lee, 46, a pianist and part-time anesthesiologist, married Stephen Findley, a wealthy executive, five years ago. Shortly

By Wide World of Sports 07/11/2015 \”An Argentine judge has ordered the remains of 1950s Formula One champion driver Juan Manuel Fangio to be exhumed for a paternity test. Fangio was one of Formula One\’s earliest champions and is a legend of the racing world. He won championships in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957.