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Michael Jackson faces paternity doubts 2007-01-01

Michael Jackson's ex-wife has claimed he didn't father two of his children.

Debbie Rowe, the mother of two of the eccentric star's three children, has reportedly said his offspring were conceived from a test tube.

She insists the pop star isn't the biological father of eight-year-old Prince Michael Junior and seven-year-old Paris - and says they were both conceived using semen from a sperm bank.

Rowe - who was married to the troubled singer from 1996 until 1999 - is quoted in Ireland's Sunday World newspaper as saying: "Michael knows the truth - that he is not the natural father of Prince Michael Jr and Paris. He has to come clean"

She added: "I have no information whatsoever about the identity of the semen donor for either child as such (semen) was obtained anonymously from a semen bank under an agreement of confidentiality"

the claims follow reports Jackson - who has a third son, Prince Michael II, with another woman - has been making it difficult for Rowe to see their children.


Jackson's representatives are yet to comment on the claims.