Babies Having Babies | 03/26/2009 1:45 pm

Alfie Patten, 13, Not the Baby's Daddy, DNA Test Proves

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

A DNA test proves that 13-year-old Alfie Patten — who doesn’t look a day over eight — isn’t the father of a baby conceived by his 15-year-old girlfriend. The birth of newborn Maisie Roxanne, born February 9, caused quite a commotion when The Sun tabloid showed pictures of 13-year-old Patten holding the infant he thought was his child.

The paternity test came after other teenagers claimed to have had intercourse with the 15-year-old mother, Chantelle Steadman. The results, reported in the Mirror, conclude that she wasn’t playing house exclusively with Alfie, according to Jezebel. While many might assume that Alfie is relieved, he actually may be quite upset.

Alfie’s dad has said that while his son doesn’t understand the enormity of the situation, he was desperate to be a responsible and devoted father. The dad reportedly told The Sun that Alfie was near his girlfriend’s side when she was in the delivery room. "He could have shrugged his shoulders and sat at home on his PlayStation," he said. "But he has been at the hospital every day."

Well, Alfie, guess it’s back to the video games.

21 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Well… I guess I’m not too surprised. When looking at the photo of him, he just didn’t seem up to the job.

By Marjorie C. on 03/26/2009 2:55 pm

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LOL! That was my laugh of the day! Thanks Marjorie!

By Pat M on 03/31/2009 11:14 pm

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LOL!!! Marjorie, you just made me laugh out loud, that is the funniest thing I’ve seen here and I’m sure you weren’t even trying!

Hmmmm, not "up" to the job, huh?

By Gramma J on 03/26/2009 2:59 pm

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Gramma: Hmmmm, not "up" to the job, huh?

Happy to share a laugh with you.

By Marjorie C. on 03/27/2009 6:03 am

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These children have parents, I assume.

By Mary Utrup on 03/26/2009 3:52 pm

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I wonder?

By Beth Cornell on 03/26/2009 4:00 pm

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I wonder why wowOwow has posted this story. This is more a Maury Povich type teaser.

By nanchan u on 03/26/2009 4:49 pm

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"He could have shrugged his shoulders and sat at home on his PlayStation,"…omg, he SHOULD be home playing with his PlayStation and I’ll BET he doesn’t understand the enormity of the situation.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/26/2009 4:50 pm

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Let me tell you though, if I were his mother I would be ready to murder that 15 year old!

When my son had just turned 14 the summer before his freshman year of high school, he met a girl at the local pool who was about to enter her senior year! My son is very tall (now he’s 6’ 7") and apparently the age difference was of no consequence to this girl. She kept phoning him and making arrangements for them to hang out. Although my son was very flattered by this attention, he was in over his head and I put a stop to it. First I told the girl to stop calling. I told her she was too old to be getting involved with a 14 year old boy and that I wanted her to stay away. Well, she started having a friend phone in case I answered and then she would get on the phone. That happened one time, and then I took it to the mother. I phoned the mother and told her what was going on, told her that I’m sure if the roles were reversed and my son was the 17 yr old and her daughter was the 14 yr old SHE would be upset and that I felt the same. I could tell this woman was actually a little annoyed and defensive with me, but she agreed to make her daughter stop and that was the last of that. My son is 26 years old now.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/26/2009 4:58 pm

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How interesting!!!!

By Diamond In The Rough on 03/26/2009 5:29 pm

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My point being watch out for your sons as much as you would your daughters.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/26/2009 10:47 pm

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Oh wow…the so-called Men’s Rights advocates are going to be all over this one, I’ll bet!

By S M on 03/26/2009 11:23 pm

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I think many of us who read this story and then saw the photograph of the 13 year old began to have doubts as to the paternity of the baby. Alfie looks about 11 years old. But the story is really about his parents and possibly the parents of the girl and how they have used their children and the newborn to "cash-in". The real father of the baby remains unknown.

By Bonnie Oliver on 03/27/2009 12:27 am

It is not a good story. If we were realistic then we would be putting stories in all the newspapers about all the 11-12-13 year old girls having babies in this country. Some of those fathers are probably 13 also. So let’s start showing the fathers of all the babies born to 13 year old children today and tomorrow etc.

Actually that’s not a good idea in fact both the girls and boys would enjoy being the center of attention. So we wil continue to support many of these babies by our taxes. Just do not give them publicity. And the same goes for Alfie and those families.

By katywon LA.. on 03/27/2009 1:32 am

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I find the morals of today’s youth to be disgusting. But this is what you get when they are raised by parents who don’t know and don’t care what their kids are doing. Kids who have never seen the inside of a church or had a good spanking when they misbehaved. Not everything is okay when you have a society that frowns upon and arrests you for disciplining your children ( Dr.Spock must be rolling over in his grave for what he started !). I happen to see these kids everyday in the correctional setting because everything they do is OKAY. Well it’s not and until we start to raise our children again with knowledge of what is right and wrong, this crap will continue and we can all watch our ‘ great society’ go down in flames. I’m sorry to sound off here but I’m sick and tired of everything being blamed on ADHD, bipolar disorder etc. No one had that stuff when I was growing up but it’s the catch-all for everything that ails us now. Just keep stuffing your kids with pills and then wonder why they do drugs. Keep letting them watch soft-porno on TV and wonder why they think it’s okay to have sex before they reach puberty. Let them do adult stuff before their brains can develop concrete thinking skills and then wonder what the hell happened. Until parents start being parents again this will never end. I was a single parent who knew what my kids were doing and they are in their 30’s and parents themselves now. My kids would have rather swallowed their own tongues than back mouth me and they learned that lesson by the time they were three. It took all of one good spanking with a wooden spoon on their behinds. Only one incident happened when my daughter was 15 and she swore at me to prove she was an ‘adult’. When I told her she would get a swat in the mouth she threatened to call the police. I told her " oh that’s how this is going to play out. Okay then. I think I’ll really give it to you but you won’t be able to give the police a statement for 3 weeks because that’s how long you’ll be on a vent". Apology accepted and that was the end of that. Everyone have a nice day !!

By Dawn Smith on 03/28/2009 3:29 am