Paternity Testing – Celebrity Obsession

When it comes to celebrities it’s no wonder paternity testing is an on-going obsession.

When Elvis Presley died 30 years ago, his spirit lived on. And some even say more than Just his spirit continued - the King’s DNA. As well as books and DVDs devoted to paternity suits there are people around the world claiming to be his illegitimate offspring requesting DNA samples for paternity testing.

DNA Samples for Paternity Testing

A book and DVD called Elvis Presley – Paternity Suit shows how much of a hunger there is for any gossip around the King and his private life. Although Presley was clean-cut in his movies and when he began his career, his later drug addiction and depression raised interesting questions about the man, the impact of fame and why he died so young. Fans are desperate to find out the dark side – did he sleep around? Only paternity testing would offer conclusive answers. It seems without the consent of the Presley family to offer samples for paternity testing it’s safe to assume many of those people are trying to make a claim on the Presley fame and fortune. But what if there is an illegitimate son or daughter of Elvis out there?

The Elvis Paternity Suit

The first doubts were raised in the early 1970s when Patricia Parker filed a paternity suit against the singer. If DNA paternity testing was available then, the outcome might have been different. The book claims to have the complete story in depth – legal documents, medical records and official FBI files. It’s rumoured the FBI kept files on Presley because of the crimes that went on in his world, although he was never accused of any crimes himself. He did receive death threats and of course there was the paternity suit. DNA paternity testing today would mean the mystery would have been instantly resolved.

Elvis’s Private Life

The fascination around Elvis’s private life is alive and well on the internet with forums looking at ‘All the King’s women’ and his ‘legacy of ladies’. Some however believe that because of his fear of paternity suits, he didn’t have as many affairs as some claim. If he was alive when DNA paternity testing was readily available his pathological fear of paternity testing would be even worse.

It’s said that during one of his last concerts in 1974, Presley went on a tirade against the press who said he allegedly used heroin and of course, raked over the paternity suit story. If Presley had been alive today, the tabloids increased obsession with all things celebrity, alongside developments in DNA paternity testing, means the press would have been a lot more invasive than they were in the seventies.

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