Anna Nicole Smith Baby Drama: Dannielynn’s DNA Revealed - Birkhead Is The Biological Father
UPDATE 3:47pm ET - Dr. Michael Baird announced to the assembled press outside the courtroom that he just released the DNA results to the judge. The probability of paternity is 99.9999% that Larry Birkhead is Dannielynn’s father. “Essentially he is the biological father,” said Baird.
We’ve all been waiting on pins and needles to hear the outcome of the DNA results for Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn.
Dannielynn, having just passed her 8-month mark on April 7, and has been in parental limbo for the last two months since her mother died on February 8, 2007. There are three principle figures involved in the custody battle for this baby girl: Larry Birkhead, former boyfriend and Anna’s personal photographer, Howard K. Stern Anna’s longtime lawyer and partner, and Virgie Arthur, Anna’s estranged mother.
Then there’s the money at stake. As the sole heir to the Anna Nicole Smith estate, Dannielynn could stand to inherit any future income made from the Anna Nicole Smith franchise, which now in her death, could be marketed like any other famous celebrity who dies in their prime. Anna may not have had the talents of Elvis, or the beauty and charisma of Marilyn Monroe, but she was still a force to reckon with.
Of course, what’s really at stake is nearly half-a-billion dollar inheritance that Anna and her team of lawyers were fighting for from Anna’s second husband, the deceased billionaire, J. Howard Marshall. The case is now at the federal Supreme Court level and many speculate that odds were Anna’s favor to receive a portion of that inheritance, which will continue to wage in the name of Dannielynn.
That’s a lot of scratch for a little wee one. Howard K. Stern released an “official” statement that he would not stand in the way of a custody decision is Larry Birkhead is determined to be the father of Dannielynn, but Virgie Arthur surely will.
Today’s hearing may or may not reveal the DNA results. And the DNA results in question are only to determine IF Larry Birkhead is the father. If he is NOT the father, then the situation will drag out even further, most likely between Stern and Arthur, both fighting for custody of Dannielynn. It is likely that if Birkhead is the father, then the court battle may end today, with the Bahamian courts giving full custody right away to her bio-father Larry Birkhead. If the results are inconclusive we will continue to await the final answer as to what will happen to Dannielynn.
For Danni’s sake let’s hope it ends today. I will update with information as it comes is. What we know now is that all three parties have arrived at the Bahamian court proceedings and things are under way.
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