Shocking At-Home DNA Test Leaves Courtroom in Chaos!

I knew it. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNEW IT. And Nicholas had a previous relationship and the girl told him the child was healed and it turned out it wasn’t. >> And they were actually in a relationship >> and they was in a relationship, not no fly by night. That was a fly by night relationship. >> No, she has not drawn because she is very disrespectful.

>> She goes around talking to everybody, including herself. >> I’m your grandmother. You’re supposed to RESPECT ME. I’M YOUR GRANDMOTHER. You’re supposed to respect me. Okay. Respect me. I’m saying you picking the best father. You’re not picking the biological father. You picking the best father. [applause] >> William was first born, the child was first born.

 She said that it was other men. It was two other guys there. And when the baby was born, they looked at it and looked at it and they >> probably around 11. >> When you were 11. So, you grew up not knowing if your father, the person you thought was your father or your uncle, >> was your biological father. >> I was asking him, you know, if he would ever have any more kids, and he was like, “No, no, man.

 I honestly I possibly have another child out there.” I was like, “Oh, really?” He was like, “Yeah, you know, this girl used to way back, you know, she gave this baby up for adoption. Never got to, you know, [music] see it cuz he didn’t know if it was a girl or boy.” Case one, Miss Diaz grew up knowing she was adopted, but the mystery of her roots pushed her on a 30-year search for answers.

 Her adoptive mother worries this long quest will end in heartbreak instead of healing. Still, Diaz refuses to give up on finding the truth about her real father. The weight of not knowing has followed her into adulthood. >> Pishing the court for the results of a DNA test, but you claim your adoptive mother, Ms.

 Mendoza, is trying to stop you from discovering the truth. Mrs. Mendoza, you state you doubt whether your adopted daughter has actually found her biological family. Uh you say you fear today’s results will just leave her heartbroken. >> Her adoptive mom recalls being told she couldn’t have children of her own. Fate took a strange turn when a friend’s husband’s affair led to an unplanned pregnancy.

 Neither the man nor his mistress wanted the baby. That’s when her adopted mom stepped in and offered Diaz a loving home. >> I was 20 years old. I was told that I was not ever going to have children. the opportunity arose for me to be able to raise a child. One of my ex-husband’s best friends came and told us that he had gotten his mistress uh pregnant, her biological mother.

 She came to live with us. We came to the agreement. I was to raise this child. I was going to love her unconditional. She was my >> On her 15th birthday, Diaz didn’t ask for balloons or a big celebration. Instead, her only wish was to meet her biological mother. She wanted answers more than presents, hoping to close the hole in her heart.

 The search, however, was far more complicated than she expected. >> How did that come to be? >> When when Leia Selda was about to turn 15, I had to come to her and approached her and told her that it was time to start making preparations for her kinetta, which is like a coming out party from transitioning from a a child to a a woman.

 Well, I was devastated when she told me that she didn’t want [music] a kinetta, that what she wanted for her 15th birthday was to meet her biological mother. >> Years later, an unexpected message arrived from a man named Carnell Honey Jr. He responded to an old online post Diaz had made years before. Carnell believed they might actually be siblings.

 That message reignited Diaz’s hope that she was getting closer to the truth. >> I put an ad out searching for my biological father. I didn’t get a response right away until July of 2013. The one who replied was Carnell Honeyut Jr. and he told me that um he felt like we were related, that we may share the same father.

 Carnell explained how he learned about her existence. During a conversation with his father, who happened to be in prison, shocking words came out. His dad admitted he might have another child who had been placed for adoption. Suddenly, the missing pieces started to connect. >> Ever have any more kids? And he was like, “No, no, man.

 I honestly I possibly have another child out there.” I was like, “Oh, really?” He was like, “Yeah, you know, this girl used to way back. You know, she gave [music] this baby up for adoption. Never got to, you know, see it cuz he didn’t know if it was a girl or boy.” >> The father behind bars felt both regret and excitement.

 He blamed the biological mother for hiding the truth from him all those years ago. He insisted that had he known he would have claimed his child without hesitation. The confession carried both pain and pride. >> I told him and he was um he was like he was excited but he was really uh upset, disappointed at, you know, the the woman that he was with at the [music] time.

 He was really mad because he’s like you know I would have known this you know I would have taken care of my own child. >> So >> in fact he even went as far as sending a heartfelt letter from his cell. In it, he declared the DNA wasn’t necessary because deep down he was certain. He told Diaz, “You are my daughter.

 I can feel it in my soul.” For Diaz, those words were bittersweet comfort. >> Almost have closure to the unanswered questions you wanted for so long. The photos I received of you clearly shows that you have the honeyut jeans. In my heart, I always knew I had a child out there, but could not prove it. I don’t need a DNA test to know you’re my daughter, and I just know it.

>> But not everyone supported her search. Her adoptive father, who had raised her since day one, was frustrated and hurt. He felt overlooked and feared the search would only reopen wounds for his wife. For him, family wasn’t about blood. It was about who stood by you. >> Kind of makes me angry.

 We’ve been uh we’ve been there for for her for her all this time. And especially, it upsets my wife. I just wanted to quit because every time she does that, it hurts my wife a lot. And not only that, it hurts the other kids that we got. And every time it doesn’t come out with the way she wanted, it hurts her, too.

 I just want this to stop. Now, the moment of truth rests in Judge Lake’s hand. The DNA results could finally give Diaz the closure she’s been chasing for decades. But will it bring her the family connection she has dreamed of, or will it leave her with yet another painful disappointment? Only the results will tell.

>> Probability of sibling is 0.6%. Biological parents. You’re Miss Merchant. And your name? >> I’m Mrice Hansen. >> So, Miss Merchant, you were married to Mr. Hansen at the time that Miss Percal was conceived. >> Yes, I knew that she was born. I knew she was his when she >> Haste to Mr.

 Hansen’s defense stunned the courtroom. He argued that at the time Miss Pearl was conceived, he was already married to another woman. His wife had just given birth to their daughter only a month after Pearl’s birth. How could she be mine if I was married elsewhere? He pressed. >> Is it you’ll deny her? >> I was married with another woman at the time. There’s no way.

 Me and the other woman that I was in a relationship with was having a baby. And I don’t cheat. When I’m with somebody, I stay with somebody. I just got out of a 20-year marriage. I was with a woman 20 years. Never cheated on her. >> You’re in a marriage. You say you never cheated on your wife. >> That’s right. >> Charlene, Miss Pearl’s mother, was quick to fight back.

 She accused Anson of judgly both households during that time. According to her, he spent nights with her while still living as a husband to Tracy. For Charlene, his denial was just another lie stacked on top of many. >> And then uh I had met somebody too and I was sleeping with him. and then he was going back and forth to Tracy.

>> Hansen, however, stood firm in his story. He swore loyalty to Tracy and insisted he would never break his vow. To back up his words, he even volunteered to take a lie detector test. Hook me up to the machine, he said. I’ll prove I never cheated. >> I’ll take a lie detector test. I would never cheat on Tracy ever.

>> The Charlene said that excuse doesn’t hold water. She claimed Hansen was aware of Pearl’s existence from the start. Instead of stepping up, he simply rejected the child and pushed responsibility away. She believes he’s hiding behind his marriage to dodge the truth. >> I didn’t take off.

 I was refused to eat my daughter. You refused, but I never got to I didn’t even know she was even around at 12 or 13 years old. I didn’t even know she existed that I even knew that she was around. Yeah. I don’t want to hear. >> And were you clear with him when you were pregnant, this is your child? >> Yes, I did tell him.

 And he told me, “No, I wasn’t.” That >> Things took another twist when Tracy, his former wife, entered the picture with their daughter, Triasa. She revealed that her suspicions of cheating were not baseless. The shocking detail, Pearl and Triasa were born less than 30 days apart. To her, that was all the proof she needed. >> You’re Miss Merchant.

 And your name? >> I’m Mrice Hansen. >> All right. So, Miss Merchant, you were married to Mr. Hansen. At the time that Miss Pival was conceived. >> Yes, I knew that she was born. I knew she was his when she was born. >> Hansen then flipped the script with a startling accusation of his own. He claimed Tracy had betrayed him with none other than his older brother.

 This, he argued, left in doubting if Triaso was biologically his at all. Suddenly, the story became even more tangled. >> You’re also denying that Miss Hansen is your daughter. >> 50/50 chance. >> Yeah. No. >> Me why we were married with my older brother. And I didn’t even find this out until 5 years after we were divorced, that rumors were going around that she’d slept with my brother.

 I confronted my brother and he told me yes, he did. >> Triasa, devastated by his words, revealed something heartbreaking. At just 11 years old, her father told her the man she called uncle could be her real dad. The revelation scarred her deeply, leaving her unsure of where she truly belonged. She felt broken by her father’s doubts.

>> To tell me that he thought that my uncle or somebody in the family was my father. And >> when did he tell you this? >> Could be. Probably around 11. >> When you were 11. So, you grew up not knowing if your father, the person you thought was your father or your uncle, was your biological father. >> Now, after 31 years, Miss Pearl stands at the center of the storm.

 She’s the daughter who has been rejected and denied for decades. The question moves, was Hansen really a cheater all along, or is she chasing the wrong man? Only the truth will finally decide her place. >> When it comes to the paternity of Ms. Persal, Mr. Hansen, you are her father. [screaming] >> Was that because he was with you or because you all made a decision? Did was it a three-way consultation? >> No, your honor.

 He was there at the birth. I feel like Nathan wasn’t even ready if it was his own son because he didn’t have a job. He didn’t have a vehicle. He still lived with his parents, his aunt, somebody. >> Case three. This case feels like a tangled soap opera. Two cousins, Nathan and Cordell, have both been told they might be the father of Baby Arrow.

 To make things even stranger, their mothers are identical twins. That means the baby’s DNA will be hard to sort out. >> One of the identical twins submitted a statement to the court. The other identical twin. >> Cordell truly believes he’s the dad. He talks about how Arrow lights up whenever he comes home from work.

 The baby crawls toward him with excitement like they share a natural bond. To him, that’s proof test can deny. >> I come home from work. He smiles, crawls over to me. I leave. He cries until she comes home. He’s just like my little buddy. Still, Cordell isn’t bitter about the possibility of being wrong. He says if Arrow turns out to be Nathan’s child, he’d be happy for him.

 It would be Nathan’s first baby. And Cordell insists family should celebrate together. But deep down, you can tell he hopes the child is his. >> At the same time, I’m happy cuz it’ll be his first. [music] And I’m happy for Kayla regardless cuz me and her had our miscarriage. >> Family tension thickens when their aunt testifies.

 She claims the baby’s mother plays both sides, telling one cousin he’s the father, then turning around and telling the other the same thing. She tells Nathan he’s the daddy all the time. The aunt insists. The confusion only grows. >> What do you know about this ma’am? >> I do know that she tells Nathan all the time, “You’re the daddy.

” Then she’ll go back to Cordell and say, “You’re the daddy.” >> Things didn’t get any better at the hospital. The baby’s mother explained she had to undergo an emergency C-section. Nathan wasn’t there because he couldn’t arrange transportation. His absence still weighs on him, leaving him feeling left out of Arrow’s first moment.

>> I was told that she had a doctor’s appointment that day, and I told her to keep me updated, and I I had no transportation. and she went under emergency C-section. [music] >> And >> Cordell, on the other hand, was placed on the birth certificate. The mother admits it wasn’t about biology, but about stability.

 She chose him because Nathan was unemployed, didn’t have a car, and she thought he wasn’t ready to step into fatherhood. That choice added fuel to the fire. >> Oh, you put Mr. Nola on the birth. Yes. >> Was that because he was with you or because you all made a decision? Did was it a three-way consultation? >> No, your honor.

 He was there at the birth. I feel like Nathan wasn’t even ready if it was his own son because he didn’t have a job. He didn’t have a vehicle. He still lived with his parents, his aunt, somebody. >> Judge Lake doesn’t let that slide. She makes it clear that picking a name for a birth certificate doesn’t make someone the biological father.

 It sounded more like the mother was choosing who she thought would be the better dad. But court isn’t about preferences. It’s about truth. >> So, you picking the best father. You’re not picking the biological father. You picking the best father. [applause] >> Nathan listens with heartbreak written on his face.

 He feels like he was unfairly pushed aside. As though his cousin was handed the role of fatherhood. It ripped my heart out. Nathan admits for him it’s not just about DNA. It’s about being robbed of the chance to prove himself. >> Really ripped my heart out cuz I thought you loved me more than what to do that. But then again, I mean, >> you thought she loved you more >> enough to know that she wouldn’t have done that to me.

>> When you say done that to me, can you explain >> that? She just basically pushed me aside for him to be the dad is what I feel. The judge lays out the dynamic with sharp precision. Nathan, the younger cousin, idolized Cordell, his older cousin, but then he fell in love with the same woman, and she ultimately chose Cordell over him.

 The rivalry runs deeper than just a paternity test. >> I just got it. That’s your brother, but you the big brother. He idolizes his big brother. His big brother had a girl. Girl was beautiful. When my big brother does things she doesn’t like. And now she’s keeping my baby away from me because now she really wants to be with my big brother.

 So, they’ve taken my baby and made a f >> Now everything comes down to science. The DNA results are finally in, ready to reveal which cousin truly fathered Baby Arrow. After all the emotions, fingerpointing, and family drama, the question is simple. Who is the real dad, Cordell or Nathan? >> It has been determined by this court, Mr. Nicola.

>> No, no other than my boyfriend. >> Were there multiple men you were sleeping with during the time of concept? >> Yes, your honor. So, you know, when you got pregnant, you did not know who the father of your child was. >> Yes, your honor. But at the hospital, it was only one other person there that I knew who came with us was my boyfriend.

But I met him when I was already 5 months. >> Case four. This case carries a deep sadness. Miss Alexander has come to court after losing her son Nicholas, hoping to honor his final request. Nicholas wanted a DNA test to confirm if the child in question was really his. Today, that wish is finally being fulfilled.

>> You and your daughter are here today because your son contacted court. He was seeking a DNA test on a baby he was unsure. Sadly, just two weeks later, he died in a tragic accident. >> According to Miss Alexander, the story is more complicated than it seems. She says the child’s mother, Miss Jackson, once admitted there were multiple possible fathers.

 In fact, she claims two other men even showed up at the hospital waiting for the baby’s arrival. That memory still haunts her. >> William was first born. The child was first born. She said that it was other men. It was two other guys there. And when the baby was born, they looked at it and looked at and they said it didn’t look like them and they dabbed each other and they left.

>> Miss Jackson fiercely denies those claims. She says the only person at the hospital besides her was her new boyfriend. She insists she met him months after she was already pregnant. For her, the grandmother’s story is nothing more than gossip and exaggeration. >> Were there multiple men at the hospital baby was born? >> No. No. No. Then my boyfriend.

 Were there multiple men you were sleeping with during the time of conception? >> Yes, your honor. >> So, you know, when you got pregnant, you did not know who the father of your child was? >> Yes, your honor. But at the hospital, it was only one other person that that I knew who came with us was my boyfriend. But I met him when I was already 5 months pregnant.

>> Despite his doubts, Nicholas was overjoyed when the baby was born. Pictures show him holding a little boy with a huge smile on his face. It was clear he wanted the child to be his. For a moment, all uncertainty disappeared in his eyes. I do have a picture of him holding him when Will came out after I got done holding him.

>> He was excited when he had when baby >> and when he first came out I when I as I was holding him he was telling me to hurry up so he can get him. >> So he was excited to hold the baby for the first time. >> I do have a picture of him holding my baby. >> Miss Jackson says she even tried to arrange a DNA test at the hospital right after the birth, but she was told it wasn’t possible.

 Nicholas wasn’t willing to push the issue through child support, so the truth remained out of reach. The question lingered over them. you know, got a paternity test for William. >> I tried to I did try to get a print test the day Williams born, but the hospital told me we had to go to another place and I tried taking him to that place, but he wasn’t willing to do that with me cuz I hadn’t opened up a case with child support against him for me to take that um DNA test.

>> Just 2 weeks before his untimely death, Nicholas finally agreed to go with her to the child support office. Sadly, they weren’t able to complete the test that day. He passed away shortly after, leaving the family with unanswered questions. The timing couldn’t have been more tragic.

 They hooked up to go to child support, but they couldn’t uh do it. I had talked Nicholas into doing that because I said, “I don’t believe he’s yours.” >> Miss Alexander then shared something painful. Nicholas had once been deceived by another woman who falsely claimed her child was his. That betrayal left scars and made him cautious this time.

 It explains why he carried such deep fear and hesitation. or and Nicholas had a previous relationship and the girl told him the child was healed and it turned out it was >> and they were actually in a relationship >> and they was in a relationship not no fly by night that was a fly by night relationship >> and a tender revelation the court learns Nicholas named the baby William chose the name in honor of his grandfather showing how much love he already had for boy even in doubt he gave the child a meaningful connection to their family

history >> Nick actually named my baby >> William is named after my grandfather >> that is an interesting piece of information. Why would your son give Miss Jackson’s son your grandfather’s name? >> Now, Judge Lake holds the DNA results in her hand. The answer could finally give this grieving family closure.

 Is baby William Truly Nicholas’s son the last living link to a young man taken too soon? Or will this heartbreaking journey end in another loss? >> It has been determined that Mr. Nicholas Alexander is not the father. Case five. For nearly 18 years, Mr. Bell raised Tayiana as his own child, but now everything has changed.

 He suddenly denies being her father. His reason? Tayiana’s mother once falsely claimed another child was his, only for DNA to prove otherwise. That betrayal still fuels his doubts. >> You’re sorry this hurts Miss Others, but you may not be her father. You state that the plaintiff’s mother fraudulently claimed you fathered another one of her children, and now you believe she’s lying again.

>> Yes, sir. Things got heated when the judge questioned him about a shocking moment. Did he confront Tayiana at AMC Donald’s without warning? At first, he dodged the question, saying, “Probably then, I can’t recall.” Eventually, he admitted it did happen. >> Mr. Bell, if you forget a fact like that, your credibility is shot.

>> No, because that wasn’t a topic of conversation when I met her at McDonald. When we did talk about it, it was not at McDonald. >> Mary Tayiana’s mother doesn’t deny her past mistake. She admits there was another baby who wasn’t his, but insists she told him the truth back then. Mr. Bell fires back saying that’s a flatout lie.

 To him, her word can’t be trusted anymore. >> But he also knew that there was a possibility that there was another man involved. Told both of them it’s a possibility it could be Kevin and possibility it could be the other. And that’s why I got the the paternity test done because I wasn’t I wasn’t sure. >> Grandma Mc Knight takes the stand and doesn’t hold back.

 She labels Mary a lowown liar, claiming she’s had four kids by four different men. According to her, Mary’s dishonesty has poisoned everything. The insults make an already tense situation explode further. >> She was such a liar, your your honor. She is such a a low down filthy lie. >> You don’t even know. >> Did you have any doubts at that time that >> Well, no doubt at all, your honor.

 No doubt. Only when the baby was born, the little boy. >> So, you don’t doubt her? >> I don’t doubt. >> You believe that she’s your son’s child? I believe there’s a possibility. Yes. >> Tiana pushes back against her grandmother’s attacks. She says grandma was never around and calls her a manipulator.

 But grandma refuses to back down, accusing Tayata of being disrespectful. The court sees just how fractured this family really is. >> No, she has not drawn because she is very disrespectful. >> She goes around everybody, including herself. >> I’m your grandmother. You’re supposed to respect me. I’m your grandmother. You’re supposed to respect me. Okay.

Through tears, Tayana shares her truth. She says she always longed for her father’s love, but never got it. That void left scars, pushing her down a difficult path in life. She wants answers, but she also wants healing. >> I didn’t have that father figure to come tell me right before. >> I go downtown.

 I go downtown and I see them downtown. >> Her frustration boiled over on social media. In a Facebook post, Tayata wrote that if Mr. Bell is her dad, he will never see her or her child again. She says his rejection has hurt her so deeply she’s done protecting his feelings. >> Yes, I did say that you posted on Facebook that he will never see you or the baby.

>> I sure did. I sure did. Did you post on Facebook? Exactly. I told him after this results come out whether he is or he isn’t my father, he would not see me or my >> Now, Judge Lake holds the DNA results that will decide it all. Has Mr. Bell been wrongfully denying his daughter or was his suspicion justified? After 18 years of confusion and pain, the truth is finally about to be revealed.

>> In the case of others versus Belle, as it pertains to 18-year-old Tiana, Mr. Bell, you are not. >> I knew it. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT.