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Angeles clinic even though he was not involved in the paternity suit between Stern and Birkhead. He did not have a sample of the baby's DNA to analyze against, nor did he have a court order to submit to testing, but had stated that he wanted to be prepared if his paternity case had continued. On April 10, 2007, after the paternity test results were made public, representatives of Prinz von Anhalt released this statement wishing Birkhead well with raising the baby: "We never intended to take Dannielynn from anyone, we were just here in case Prinz von Anhalt was the father. We wish Larry luck in raising Dannielynn and we wish him the best."
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Birkhead as the father, the final custody of the baby remained unresolved. Stern did not contest Birkhead for custody. In April 2007, after the official paternity test results were released, Birkhead legally changed his daughter's surname to his own, resulting in her being renamed as Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead.
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When asked if Smith ever revealed to him the identity of her daughter's father, Denk responded, "She always told me she wanted to have her kids with me." Denk was not certain he was the baby's father and claimed that Smith "always told me I want you to be there and care for
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Birkhead as the biological father of the child.
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claimed to have seen an unpublished manuscript by Donna Hogan, Smith's younger half-sister, saying that Smith had become pregnant by Marshall: "To her family, she hinted that she had used the old man's frozen sperm, and would be giving birth to Marshall's child".
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occurred after the death of Smith's son, Daniel Wayne Smith, a month earlier. Before the name change, the baby's records had initially identified her as Hannah Rose Marshall Stern from September 7, 2006, to October 11, 2006.
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