Fake father, fake brothers: DNA exposes Gulf citizen’s double identity

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 13: A citizenship investigation has uncovered a dramatic case in which a man allegedly lived for years under a Kuwaiti identity despite holding Gulf documents bearing a completely different name, with DNA tests ultimately confirming that he was not related to the Kuwaiti family listed as his relatives.

The investigation began after the Nationality Investigation Department received information that the man, registered as a member of a Kuwaiti family, was carrying Gulf identification documents. Investigators obtained the documents and compared the photograph with his Kuwaiti civil ID.

Forensic experts confirmed that the photographs belonged to the same person — but the two identities had completely different first names, second names, grandfather’s names and family names.

Confronted with the evidence, the man reportedly confessed that he was not Kuwaiti and admitted that his name had been added to the file of a Kuwaiti citizen who became his father “on paper,” although he was not his biological father. He also admitted that the people listed as his brothers were not actually his brothers.

Investigators then summoned the alleged brothers and confronted them with the findings. They too reportedly acknowledged that the man was not their brother.

But authorities did not stop at the confessions.

DNA fingerprinting was carried out on the man and his alleged brothers, and the results conclusively established that there was no biological sibling relationship between them. The scientific evidence matched the confessions and the Gulf documents that had exposed his second identity.

The case was subsequently referred to the Public Prosecution, while the Supreme Committee for Citizenship Investigation reviewed the evidence and decided to withdraw his Kuwaiti citizenship, which had been granted under Article 1.

Authorities based the decision on four key pieces of evidence: the Gulf documents revealing the other identity, the man's confession, the alleged brothers' confessions and the DNA test results.

The investigation also revealed the scale of the consequences. The man has 10 children registered on his file, while a total of 22 children and grandchildren are registered under the same file.

Citizenship was therefore withdrawn from him and all 22 dependents on the grounds of ineligibility and the established forgery, with the case referred to the Public Prosecution and judiciary to safeguard the rights and funds of the state.