Esther suddenly remembered something.
He asked me to sign something.
What?
I don’t remember.
But he told me it was important.
Michael’s mother began crying.
It was the hospital consent form.
Esther froze.
What hospital consent form?
Years ago, David had been involved in an experimental fertility program.
He had provided genetic material before disappearing.
The family had been told he died.
But he hadn’t.
He had left the country.
And years later, his genetic material was still stored at the clinic.
Michael looked at Esther.
Are you saying our son was conceived using David’s genetic material?
His mother nodded.
Yes.
But that meant the DNA results were still wrong.
Because the baby should have been related to Michael only as an uncle’s child.
The doctor later explained the confusion.
The first test had been a standard paternity test.
It showed Michael was not the father.
The second test compared the baby’s DNA with Michael’s mother.
Because David was her biological son through a complicated family history, the genetic markers created an unexpected relationship.
But there was one final test that would settle everything.
They tested Esther.
Then Michael.
Then the baby.
And finally, they found the missing DNA record connected to David.
