Larry Birkhead is Your Daddy

I don’t even have to say who the mother and baby are. If you’ve watched even 30 minutes of news in the last month, you know that we’re talking about Anna Nicole Smith’s baby, Dannielynn.

There has been a contentious debate over who is the real father of baby Dannielynn. At one time or another the father seemingly was rumored to be one of several hundered different men.

But a DNA test revealed yesterday that the winner of the Dannielynn lottery-ticket was Larry Birkhead. Just look at the picture — tell me that doesn’t look like a guy who realizes that he just hit the Mega Lotto Jackpot (I only hope and pray that some of that jubilation comes from an honest desire to be that baby’s father, and to raise her with all the love and care that every child needs — but I’m a cynical old bastard at times).

Photographer Larry Birkhead, Smith’s former boyfriend, was the center of attention Tuesday, pumping his fist and proclaiming “I hate to be the one who told you this, but I told you so: I’m the father!”

DNA tests on blood samples taken from the baby girl and Birkhead proved it, confirmed the court’s expert, Dr. Michael Baird, as the cameras whirred and clicked.

Just seven months old, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern stands to inherit a fortune if the legal battles her mother left her ever get resolved.

The baby could potentially inherit millions from the estate of Smith’s late husband, J. Howard Marshall II. The former model had been fighting the Texas oil tycoon’s family over his estimated $500 million fortune since his death in 1995, and that battle remains unresolved.