Brazilian court orders Ronaldo to take paternity test

September 24, 2009
Article from: Agence France-Presse

DUAL World Cup winner Ronaldo has been ordered by a Brazilian court to take a DNA test to resolve a paternity dispute.
The demand was made after a Brazilian resident of Singapore claimed the three-time FIFA Footballer of the Year was the father of her four-year-old boy.

Speaking about her child 27-year-old Michele Umrazu said: “His hair, his eyes, his nose are the same as Ronaldo's.”

According to reports the woman had up to now believed her child's father was her ex-fiance, an American, but when he agreed to a paternity test it came back negative.

Michele Umrazu's mother told 'Quem' magazine that her daughter and Ronaldo had first met at the 2002 World Cup in Tokyo, meeting up again in August 2004, nine months before the baby was born.

Ronaldo, who turned 33 on Tuesday, already has two children _ Ronald, aged nine, and nine-month old Maria Sofia.

The Corinthians striker confirmed last month that he was expecting a third child in early 2010.

AFP