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by walterbell 356 days ago
Exactly, even #2 requires child consent with proactive step to prove paternity via DNA test. There's also a third option:

3) Child chooses to ignore inheritance.

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What child is going to choose to ignore millions of dollars? But true, that is an option I suppose.
Agreed, it's highly unlikely. But they have a choice, it's not forced by anyone. If they do nothing (maybe their parents never tell them, or they don't read news, or facial recognition never informs them of similarity), there's no inheritance. If they take consensual action to make a claim via DNA paternity test, the inheritance can be claimed.