KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: In a highly complex and unprecedented case, Kuwaiti authorities have uncovered a forgery involving a man who registered over 40 individuals as his children under suspicious circumstances following the Iraqi invasion. Investigations revealed that the man’s supposed siblings had virtually no contact with him, having met him only once in their lives.

The case came under scrutiny as part of a broader campaign by the Nationality Investigation Department to examine files where the number of children listed far exceeded reasonable limits. A detailed review of the man’s records showed that most of the children were added after the invasion, prompting a full-scale investigation into the legitimacy of the registrations.

Authorities identified three alleged brothers of the man. When questioned, the siblings revealed they did not recognize him as family, stating that he had visited them once, claiming to be their brother, but they had never included him in inheritance records. “One day he would come, the next day he was gone,” one source explained. The three brothers volunteered to undergo DNA testing to verify the claims.

DNA samples were also taken from the man’s alleged children and compared with those of the supposed uncles. The results were conclusive: there was no biological relationship, confirming that neither the siblings nor the children were genuinely connected. Investigators also discovered that even the children themselves did not know these supposed uncles.

Further findings revealed that the man had revoked and reacquired his citizenship under dubious circumstances. Born in 1960, he allegedly revoked his nationality in 1989 — nearly three decades after the standard legal date — and later returned to Kuwait after purchasing citizenship under questionable means. Following the invasion, he systematically added more than 40 individuals to the file, claiming them as his children, though investigators suspect many were not biologically his. Alarmingly, one of the registered “sons” is reportedly only 11 years younger than the father, highlighting the extent of the manipulation.

Authorities also determined that the total number of dependents listed under his file — including children, grandchildren, and wives granted citizenship under Article 8 — now reaches 92 individuals. Legal proceedings are currently underway to revoke their citizenship and correct the official records.

This case adds another striking chapter to Kuwait’s ongoing efforts to uncover and dismantle fraudulent nationality networks, illustrating how complex and far-reaching such forgeries can be. The use of genetic testing has once again proven decisive in exposing false claims and ensuring the integrity of citizenship records.