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Rowe Not Kids' Bio-Mom: TMZ

She could still win custody as surrogate

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(Newser) – Not only was Michael Jackson not the biological father of any of his children, neither was Debbie Rowe, his ex-wife, their biological mother, TMZ reports. All three children were conceived in vitro, and Debbie acted as the surrogate for the eldest two—for a fee—sources tell TMZ.

Even so, Rowe is the presumed biological parent since she was married to Jackson when the children were born, TMZ notes, so she could theoretically win custody. The identity of Jackson’s youngest child’s surrogate is still unknown, but sources say she was never told of Jackson’s identity.

In this Nov. 21, 2002 file photo, Michael Jackson holds his daughter Paris Katherine as he stands in the window of his suite in the Adlon hotel in Berlin.
In this Nov. 21, 2002 file photo, Michael Jackson holds his daughter Paris Katherine as he stands in the window of his suite in the Adlon hotel in Berlin.   (AP Photo/Jockel Finck, File)
In this April 28, 2005 file photo, Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's ex-wife, arrives at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif. at Jackson's child molestation trial.
In this April 28, 2005 file photo, Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's ex-wife, arrives at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif. at Jackson's child molestation trial.   (AP Photo/Aaron Lambert, Pool, FILE)
In this April 28, 1996 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson, left, and his wife Debbie Rowe are shown in Pasedena, Calif.
In this April 28, 1996 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson, left, and his wife Debbie Rowe are shown in Pasedena, Calif.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)
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MrsK
Jun 30, 09 10:54 AM CDT
I am so sad for the Jackson children. Reply
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inky
Jun 30, 09 10:57 AM CDT
This is pitiful. They're nobody's children. Some things just shouldn't happen. Reply
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psycada
Jun 30, 09 11:17 AM CDT
It was well known MJ wanted the nanny to have the kids should anything happen to him. Sounds cut and dry to me. So why is it the nanny, the most motherlike person in these children's lives, isn't even in the story? Reply
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Jun 30, 09 11:32 AM CDT
"Well known"?
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Rob
Jun 30, 09 11:39 AM CDT
The law is concerned with "Birth Mother" and not "Bio-mother." If she want's them then she get's them and genetics be damned. Reply
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