Kenyans win case to prove UK soldiers are their fathers

Commercially available DNA databases were used to identify unknown fathers, who had served in Kenya.

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Commercially available DNA databases were used to identify otherwise unknown fathers. Six had served at the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (Batuk) and one worked as a contractor.

It's the first time paternity has been proved in this way in a UK court.

The decision opens the door for the offspring to apply for British citizenship.

They were represented by British lawyer James Netto, who - together with leading geneticist Denise Syndercombe Court – had taken part in a project to collect DNA samples and testimonies from people in the Nanyuki region of Kenya.