[baltimorepoet]

Here’s a question. How about someone born overseas, to a mother that is Canadian but her husband is American?

Could the issue be forced, to do a DNA test, to prove that the husband actually is the father?

What if the biological father of the presidential candidate turned out not to be an American?

[Hawthorn]

>> How about someone born overseas, to a mother that is Canadian but her husband is American? Could the issue be forced, to do a DNA test, to prove that the husband actually is the father? <<

Great question! Would be really intriguing in the context of a future POTUS election contest.

Anyway, I know the INS now uses DNA testing a lot to prove or disprove that visa applicants claiming close kinship to US citizens are really who they claim to be. It's a big business for some DNA-testing companies.

What's more, the specific issue you raise must have come up, maybe quite a few times.

Still, I have absolutely no idea as to when a DNA test would be required, as opposed to being merely voluntary, especially if the child in question should have a valid birth certificate and/or a valid consular report of birth abroad.

Any immigration lawyers on FR?