Nollywood actor Rotimi Salami has shared his stance on paternity and DNA tests, revealing that he would still accept a child even if a test proves the child is not biologically his.
Speaking during an interview with BBC Yoruba, the actor explained that if he had raised the child from infancy and the child already sees him as a father, he would not abandon the child because of a DNA result.
“If DNA says my child isn’t mine, and I have taken the child from infancy as mine, and the child also knows me as his father, I will wholeheartedly accept the child as mine,” he said.
According to the actor, the child should not suffer for a situation they did not create, stressing that the bond formed while raising the child is something he would not easily walk away from.
He added that even if such a situation occurs, the matter would only be between him and his wife, not the child who already knows him as a father.
“The child will claim my name forever and also see me as his father, because it’s not the child that created himself or herself. The issue will only be between me and my wife,” he concluded.
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