Gypsy-Rose Blanchard finally revealed the father of her baby after her ex-husband Ryan Anderson agreed to a paternity test.
Blanchard, 33, joyfully announced this July that she is pregnant with her boyfriend Ken Urker, 31, and in August they shared that they were expecting a daughter.
However, because Blanchard is still legally married, Anderson had to take a DNA test to establish the baby’s paternity or risk having him, instead of Urkel, listed as the father on the birth certificate under a Little-known Louisiana law.
Anderson stated in August that he planned to undergo the test, saying, “I have no choice” and adding, “I hate being in this situation.”
Now Urker has also had his DNA tested and Blanchard confirmed this Tuesday on Instagram that he is indeed the biological father of her baby.
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard finally revealed the father of her baby after her ex-husband Ryan Anderson agreed to a paternity test; photographed last week
She wrote: “There has been a lot of talk about the paternity of our baby and although we have known for sure all along, I feel like it’s finally time to put all of these theories to rest.” Here are the results showing that Ken is the father.
Blanchard added: “Ken is going to be an amazing father and we are so excited to welcome our baby girl into the world.”
His message was accompanied by a screenshot of the results, which said that based on DNA evidence, Urker had a greater than 99.9% probability of paternity.
Urker’s evidence will now allow him to be listed as the father on the baby’s birth certificate, in accordance with a Louisiana law that would otherwise have classified Anderson as the “alleged father.”
The law states: “If the mother is married to someone other than the biological father when the child was conceived or has been divorced for less than 300 days at the time of birth, the husband/ex-husband will be the presumed father, unless the Paternity is established for the biological father.’
Anderson stated in a TikTok livestream on August 10 that he was going to undergo a paternity test to put an end to the matter.
Their social media announcement came later, the same day Blanchard and Urker revealed the baby’s sex.
‘I have to take a DNA test. “I have no choice,” Anderson said in the social media clip, before adding, “I hate being in this situation.”
Blanchard, 33, joyfully announced this July that she is pregnant with her boyfriend Ken Urker (right), 31, and in August they shared that they are expecting a daughter.
Blanchard published the results of Urker’s test and wrote that “while we knew this for sure all along, I feel it is finally time to put all these theories to rest.”
Anderson says he is undergoing a DNA test to confirm the paternity of his ex-wife’s pregnancy, which she and her current boyfriend maintain is a girl.
Anderson maintained that he has to “perform a DNA test in court” and then offered his opinion before getting the final results.
‘The way the timeline matches… I don’t think it’s mine, but I don’t know. The DNA test will prove it,’ he shared. ‘Crazier things have happened. I just don’t know. I have my thoughts and I have my opinions.’
Blanchard announced on July 9 that she is expecting a baby with Urker, her current boyfriend, due in January 2025.
This would place the conception date around April.
Blanchard (born Gypsy-Rose Alcida) filed for divorce from Anderson on April 8, shortly after they publicly announced their separation.
‘I have to take a DNA test. “I have no choice,” Anderson said in the social media clip, before adding, “I hate being in this situation.”
Louisiana law states that Blanchard may have to name her ex-husband, Anderson, on the birth certificate if she is still legally married to him when the baby arrives.
Anderson and Blanchard obtained a marriage license in Chillicothe, Missouri, in late June 2022, while she was still serving time in prison, it was reported Springfield News Leader.
And then, less than a month later, they decided to get married in a small prison ceremony with no guests.
The couple would end up quitting about three months after Blanchard was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Facility in Missouri in March 2024.
“Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents,” she shared at the time on Facebook. ‘I am counting on the support of my family and friends to help me get through this. I’m learning to listen to my heart. Now I need time to allow myself to find… who I am.’
Shortly after revealing her discovery process to discover “who I am,” she was spotted spending time with Urker, her ex-fiancé.
About four months later, she and Urker would announce that they were expecting their first baby together on July 9.
‘The way the timeline matches… I don’t think it’s mine, but I don’t know. The DNA test will prove it,’ he shared. ‘Crazier things have happened. I just don’t know. I have my thoughts and I have my opinions’; The estranged couple is seen together in New York in January.
Blanchard rose to prominence when she was convicted of second-degree murder in Springfield, Missouri, for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard.
Her death came from what Blanchard described as “lifelong physical, mental and medical abuse” and she ended up being sentenced to 10 years in prison.
He was paroled in late December 2023 after serving eight years behind bars.
Given the sensational aspects of Blanchard’s childhood, including her mother forcing her to pretend to be disabled and terminally ill, she gained widespread media attention as a Munchhausen survivor by proxy.
Basically, the definition translates to “someone with a mental health disorder in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person, usually their child,” according to Wikipedia. “The caregiver or partner then presents the person as sick or injured.”
The Munchausen-by-proxy victim took to her Instagram in August to share a video of an adorable gender reveal party she and Urker held.
‘It’s a girl,’ the couple announced on Instagram after their gender reveal party
The result of factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), as it is also known, can result in permanent injury or death to the victim.
The behavior may be motivated by the caregiver or partner seeking sympathy or attention.
Despite all the back-and-forth legal wrangling, Anderson said, “I will always love her” in one of his final TikTok live posts.
He then proceeded to try to quell all the hate being thrown at his ex-wife, saying, “If anyone’s going to attack her, it’s got to be me… If I’m not attacking her, why should you?” ‘
