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When 43-year-old Mark* questioned whether he was truly the father of a one-year-old boy -- saying he couldn't see "even an eyelash" of resemblance -- he was clearly on to something.

A paternity test conducted by DNA testing company Polygenics Consulting confirmed his doubts, revealing a zero per cent probability that he is the biological father. The shocking result extends the list of confirmed paternity fraud, locally referred to as 'jackets', that has been uncovered by this newspaper since the partnership with Polygenics Consulting to offer free DNA testing began in March. Of the eight paternity tests completed so far, seven men (87 per cent) have been excluded as the biological fathers of the children in question. In one of those cases, however -- Dolly* and Joe* -- the result was actually a good result.

Joe was accused of fathering his stepdaughter's child, and the DNA test cleared him completely.

However, there is no such joy in the latest case involving Mark and Ashley*. She was so sure that he is the father of her one-year-old son that she had no hesitation to do a DNA test to shut him up once and for all. But when the results landed, her world turned upside down.

The 28-year-old mother froze. Her chest tightened, breath caught in her throat as she struggled to process what was happening. The words 'He's not the father' sent her to a panic attack.

"Mi did really think him was the father," she said after a relative helped her regain some composure. "Mi never really expect this."

Mark, a 43-year-old father of six, had long suspected that Ashley, his long-time "friends-with-benefit" partner, had given him a jacket. He lamented the fact that he is dark-skinned and the baby's complexion is light, and even raised eyebrows by claiming the child does not have even an eyelash that resembles him.

Convinced that the one-year-old child could not be his, he contacted this newspaper for a free DNA test from Polygenics Consulting.

After an anxious two-week wait, the moment of truth arrived.

"Mi did know!" he said bluntly, after being given the results. "All she a gwane and a chat 'bout di baby just look like har and looks nuh mean nothing.... . How yuh fi have a pickney and him nuh look not even a little bit like yuh?"

In the meantime, stung by the shocking results, Ashley is trying to piece together the timeline of her conception. She previously admitted to being involved with a man, who now lives overseas. She was adamant that she didn't see him during the time she got pregnant, but now admits that she messed up.

"Maybe mi never a track it right," she whispered, admitting she may have miscalculated the conception window, and she now believes the father could be the other man. However, she has no plans to contact him.

"Mi nah call him and mi nah tell him nothing, because mi nuh want him inna mi life," she said.

Ashley even told THE WEEKEND STAR that the man met her son once and suggested that there was an uncanny resemblance.

"All him people dem seh di same thing, but mi did shut him dung because mi did sure seh [Mark] a him father," she said.

She hopes that Mark will continue to play a role in her son's life

"Fi one year now him know as him father. How mi just call a next man and introduce him to mi son as him daddy?" she asked.

"Di baby done know him as daddy already, suh we a talk and try see what can happen, even though him upset."

But for Mark, the emotional toll and financial strain have left deep scars. He wants his name removed from the child's birth certificate.

*Names changed to protect identity.