A Las Vegas man’s claim that he may be both brother and father to a 16-year-old has reached its long-awaited resolution in court, though not the kind of clarity he once hoped for.

On Wednesday, a family court judge declared 26-year-old Logan Gifford to be the legal father of his younger brother, a teen with cognitive disabilities.

The decision gives Logan full guardianship, but leaves unanswered the deeper question of whether he is also the boy’s biological dad.

Logan believed the teen was born as a result of years of being taken advantage of by his own mother, Doreene Gifford.

A Las Vegas man taken advantage of by his mother became the legal father of his brother

“Clearly, we got the answer that we were anticipating,” Logan said after the hearing.

“Finally, there was closure, not on

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