Gulf Documents and DNA Reveal False Son Claim; 344 Lose Kuwait Citizenship

KUWAIT CITY, Aug. 6: A major citizenship investigation in Kuwait has uncovered another case of a disputed family connection after DNA evidence, Gulf records and official documents proved that a person registered as a son on a citizenship file was not biologically related to the original file holder.

The case involved a citizenship file with 10 registered children — eight linked to four wives and two registered without a mother. Previous investigations had already confirmed that six of the 10 were biological children of the original file holder, while two others were earlier found not to be related, resulting in the withdrawal of citizenship and related benefits from 232 people registered through their files.

The Nationality Investigation Department continued reviewing the remaining two cases involving individuals registered as sons without a recorded mother. One file remains under investigation, while the other became the focus of the latest Supreme Committee for Citizenship Investigation review.

Investigators uncovered a major clue after obtaining the person’s Gulf identity records. The names of his children listed in the Kuwaiti citizenship file were found to match those recorded in the Gulf documents, indicating that the same family details existed under two separate records.

The investigation also revealed that one of his sons had previously applied to renounce his Gulf citizenship in 2009, providing another indication of the family’s connection to Gulf identity records.

Because the person under investigation was deceased, authorities could not conduct a direct DNA comparison with him. Instead, DNA samples were collected from his children, including the son who had renounced his Gulf citizenship, and compared with the six individuals considered his father’s biological children and presumed uncles.

The DNA results delivered a decisive conclusion, showing that the six individuals were not biological uncles of the children, disproving the claimed brotherhood between the deceased person and the original citizenship file holder.

The findings were supported by multiple pieces of evidence, including:

Following the investigation, the Supreme Committee for Citizenship Investigation decided to withdraw citizenship from the person found to have been incorrectly registered as the son of the original file holder, along with all individuals who obtained citizenship through his file as dependents.

The decision affected 344 people, including those registered under his citizenship file, while authorities continue reviewing the remaining unresolved case linked to the original file.