The family of a Canadian man on Friday countered his claim that he is the illegitimate son of the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy, saying such a claim is "unequivocally false."
Jack R. Worthington, an American citizen living in Vancouver, said he wanted the Kennedy family to provide DNA so he could prove he is the son of the late president, according to a report by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
A U.S. newspaper earlier had reported that Kennedy had an illegitimate son living in Canada.
He also said his mother, Mary Evelyn Worthington, was introduced to Kennedy by the man who succeeded him as president, Lyndon B. Johnson. Worthington said he was born a year before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963.
But in a statement published online Friday, Worthington family said the claims are false.
"It is the position of the family that the statements are unequivocally false and have been fabricated by Jack R. Worthington Jr. for reasons unknown to his family," says the statement.
"Mary Evelyn Worthington has never met John F. Kennedy nor any other member of the Kennedy family. Further, Mary Evelyn Worthington has never met Lyndon B. Johnson."
Source: Xinhua
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