The fatherhood of Gypsy Rose by Blanchard The unborn baby still needs to be confirmed through DNA testing, according to her ex-husband Ryan Anderson, 38, who made the announcement on Saturday, August 10, in a TikTok livestream.
Her social media announcement came later the same day that Blanchard, 33, and her new boyfriend Ken Urker, 31, revealed they are expecting a baby girl together after celebrating a gender reveal.
It is proper protocol to perform a DNA test to establish paternity on separated couples who are still married under Louisiana state law, according to People.
“I have to take a DNA test. I have no other choice,” Anderson said in the video posted on social media, before adding: “I hate being in this situation.”
Ryan Anderson says he’s taking a DNA test to confirm paternity of his ex-wife’s pregnancy, which she and her current boyfriend maintain is a girl.
Anderson maintains that he has to “submit to a DNA test for the court” and then offered his opinion before the final results were obtained.
“The timeline matches up… I don’t think it’s mine, but I don’t know. The DNA test will prove it,” she shared. “Crazier things have happened. I just don’t know. I have my thoughts and I have my opinions.”
The 32-year-old media personality announced on July 9 that she is expecting a baby with current boyfriend Urker, due in January 2025.
This would place the date of conception around the month of April.
Blanchard (née Gypsy-Rose Alcida) filed for divorce from Anderson on April 8, shortly after publicly announcing their separation.
It turns out that Louisiana law states that you may have to name Ryan Anderson on the birth certificate if you are still legally married to him at the time the baby is born.
If Urker wants his name on the birth certificate, Anderson must sign an affidavit saying he is the father. If he does not go ahead with this legal procedure in court, all three will have to take a DNA test to confirm who the parents are.
“If the husband goes and signs the affidavit along with the boyfriend, then the real father, so to speak, if it’s the boyfriend’s name, will appear on the birth certificate,” Louisiana attorney Beau Brock explained.
If DNA results prove Urker is the father, his name will officially replace Anderson’s name on the birth certificate as the baby’s father.
“I have to take a DNA test. I have no other choice,” Anderson said in the video posted on social media, 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 is born.
Anderson and Blanchard obtained a marriage license in Chillicothe, Missouri, in late June 2022, while she was still serving time in prison, she said. Springfield-Leader News.
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 separating about three months after Blanchard was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri in March 2024.
“Unfortunately, my husband and I are going through a separation and I have moved in with my parents,” she shared on Facebook at the time. “I have the support of my family and friends who are helping me get through this. I am learning to listen to my heart. Now I need time to find… myself.”
Shortly after revealing her journey of discovery to figure out “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 is related… I don’t think it’s me, but I don’t know. The DNA test will prove it,” she shared. “Crazier things have happened. I just don’t know. I have my thoughts and I have my opinions.” The estranged couple are seen together in New York in January.
Blanchard rose to worldwide fame when she was convicted of second-degree murder in Springfield, Missouri, for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard.
Her death followed what Blanchard described as “lifelong physical, mental and medical abuse,” and she ended up being sentenced to 10 years in prison.
She was released on parole in late December 2023 after serving eight years behind bars.
Given the sensational aspects of Blanchard’s childhood, including her mother’s obligation to pretend she was disabled and terminally ill, she gained widespread media attention as a survivor of Munchhausen syndrome 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 syndrome by proxy sufferer took to Instagram on Saturday 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 a factitious disorder imposed upon 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 legal disputes, Anderson said, “I’m always gonna love her,” in one of his latest TikTok live posts.
He then proceeded to try to calm all the hate being thrown at his ex-wife, saying, “If anyone is going to criticize her, it should be me… If I’m not going to criticize her, why do you guys need to?”
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