Fifty-three-year-old mechanic, Michael Wallace, is breathing a sigh of relief, now that he is one step closer to unearthing the truth as it relates to the paternity of a child he believes he helped to create.

The child was given to his lover's previous partner, however, that did not prevent Wallace from taking good care of the now one-year-old infant, amid talks from various corners that he is too old to father a child.

Wallace's story '53-year-old man wants child - requesting DNA to prove paternity' published on July 23, has been selected as July's winner and will receive a free paternity test.

According to Wallace, Johnson is the doubtful one in the equation. He said,

"A she have doubts, because she do things behind my back and never mek mi know. When mi find out, mi request of her that we do a test."

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In a previous interview with THE STAR, Johnson said, "Mi have doubts because mi daughter have more looks for Wallace than my first babyfather. The three I had before with my babyfather look like him, but my daughter now don't look like him. She look like Wallace."

THE STAR was told that the child is not registered in Wallace's name, to which he said, "I not sure whose name she is in, because from a nuh my name, me never too business."

Yesterday when the STAR contacted Wallace to inform him that he was selected as July's winner, he was elated.

In reference to the upcoming test, he said, "A me ago win, mi know for a fact and I can't let my blood go a stray. Mi jus hopeful say a so it go cause dem a talk say mi can't breed nothing at this age. I am sticking by what I said, that I will continue to take good care of her."

Johnson was just as happy as Wallace, or even more so, after being told she was selected for a free paternity test.

She said, "Mi feel good because him ignorant against me still. True di child not in his name, him nuh stop talk say the one likkle pickney him get no ina him name. Mi glad, and I really hope a his own."

In a previous interview, both were quizzed of any possible outcome regarding the results,.

When asked what would happen after the results are revealed, Wallace said: "If she is not my child, then it's no problem, enuh, because me know a my own. If a nuh so, a so, because me still a tek care of her. If the results say she is mine, mi woulda glad and continue to take care of her."

Johnson said: "If is not his own, then a nuh nothing. Him will still take care of her. And if the results say the child is his, then I would change her name ... We agree to it already."

A she have doubts, because she do things behind my back and never mek mi know. When mi find out, mi request of her that we do a test.