Will DNA Prove You’re My 27th Child? | KARAMO

My next guest, Michael, is the father of 27 children. Y'all heard me, 27 children. Can you believe that? Well, listen, Michael started to question whether or not his oldest daughter, Janessa, was really one of his tribe when she posted a picture with another man on social media and said he was her father. Michael says he and his family were very close to Janessa until she posted that picture, and he wants my help to get a DNA test to solve the mystery of Janessa's paternity. But before we do that, let's take a look at a video from her.

So when I was 16, my mom told me that Michael wasn't my real father. I was around his family my whole life. They basically raised me. My mom told me the man's name who was supposed to have been the real father, and I started looking more into it. When I got in contact with him, I actually took a picture with him, posted on social media. Michael's family, they disowned me, they abandoned me. They just seen a picture and they don't wanna deal with me anymore. They've been around my whole life, you know? It hurts. It hurts a lot. It made me emotional, kind of depressed and stressed. And I was doing things out of hurt and anger, and I lost my children. Honestly, I was doing drugs, like, I was just trying to take away the pain. I need Karamo's help. I need this DNA test so that I can know the truth.

All right, everyone, please welcome Michael to the show. How you doing, Michael?

Hey, how you doing?

Good to meet you.

You too.

Okay, so Michael, I have to start off by knowing, please take a seat. Why do you want a DNA test for your oldest daughter?

Ooh, she's a great actor, I see that. Ooh, characteristic.

You're saying this about your daughter?

Yes.

Okay.

The reason why I'm saying this is because You know, you hear things in the streets, right? So it get back to me and I'm like, I ain't tripping on it. I didn't elaborate on it at that moment. Okay, so Janessa had sent me a friend request on Facebook. So I, you know, I accepted. Okay, the first thing I see is a picture, right? And it's a picture with Janessa, some cat, Some other female. When I saw that picture, that blew my mind. She said it was her, her dad, and her sister. I'm like, I'm your dad. You know what I'm saying? So who am I, you know? So that kind of, it hit a nerve though.

Yeah. So why don't you communicate with Janessa anymore?

I ain't gonna say that I, I just kind of fell back. You know what I'm saying? Because of what I saw.

That's a G way of saying I stopped communicating with you.

That part.

Okay. Yeah, I get it. But why would you stop communicating with her?

I mean, when I saw that picture, then she said this her father, you know what I'm saying? If I been there all this time, you know what I'm saying? So what else I supposed to do?

Your feelings were hurt.

Oh yeah, I was hit.

Yeah, I got it. I understand that. Did you ever have a good relationship with Janessa from your point of view?

Wonderful. Relationship with Janessa.

So you did have a good relationship when she was younger?

Oh yeah, yeah, you can see, you know, that's her right there with holding her child.

Yeah.

And that's her, you know.

So how many daughters do you have?

17 daughters and 10 sons. And I have 12 grandchildren. 12 grandchildren. From the age of 29 to 1 years old.

Wow, you got a 1-year-old?

Yeah, I have a 1-year-old. Oh yeah, I can still make 'em.

Would you say you have a relationship with majority of them or not all? Like what's the, how many do you have a relationship with?

I'm gonna say like 8.

You have a relationship with 8 of them? Yeah, like 8. Out of the 20?

Yes, sir.

Okay. And you think that's all because of the mothers?

It's the mothers.

Do you talk to all of their mothers?

No, 'cause they got, you know, they weird. You know what I'm saying? They play the games, you know? I ain't with that. I cut 'em off.

Do you think that you have something to do with that as well?

Hey, it ain't my fault, man.

At all?

It ain't my fault. It ain't my fault.

So why do you blame the moms?

I mean, because they play games, you know what I'm saying? And they ain't trying to deal with me.

So do you want to be Janessa's dad at this point?

Of course. Of course I want to be her father, 'cause I've been here this long, like I said, since she been born. You know, so why stop, you know?

Well, so if you want to be her dad, then why cut her off? Why stop communicating over one phone number?

I can't even really speak on that because Like I said, it bothered me. It hit a nerve.

Yeah. How long have you not been in Janessa's life recently? 'Cause you said you stopped communicating, so.

It ain't been like, it ain't no gap in it. It's probably like a couple years.

'Cause I was just— So in my mind, I'm assuming that you and Janessa haven't spoken in like 6 months or so. So how long? It's been like 3 years, 4 years?

I'd say about a year and a half.

So it's been about a year and a half that you two haven't talked?

Right.

Okay. Janessa has told our producers that it's been 4 years since you all have talked.

Oh no, it ain't been no 4 years. I'm gonna say like 2018, '19, somewhere around there.

That's about 4 years. That's about 4 years.

That's about 4 years. That's about 4 years. But I'm saying though, it ain't been like no gap, like no 10 years.

Yeah.

Nothing like that.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay. Yeah.

Listen, I think there's a big piece of this puzzle that we need to start talking to right now because I'm hearing your perspective and I'm hearing what you're saying, but I think it's important for us to get to this DNA outcome. We still need to hear one important side of the story, which is Janessa. So I wanna welcome your daughter, or potential daughter, Janessa, to the show. Janessa, come on out. How often was your father there?

Barely. Every once in a blue moon.

Yeah.

I was with his family the whole time. I barely seen him. He'll buy me stuff like that, but it's time that you supposed to spend with your kids. You didn't spend no time with me.

I didn't use a chair.

And it's the truth.

Janessa, Janessa, keep it all the way 2000.

You keep it all the way 2000. You're sitting up here lying.

No, you're lying.

You was never there and y'all people cut me off because of— You have some strange character. Man, get outta here.

Come on.

How did it make you feel when you saw that they cut you off? Because they—

It hurt because they know that they've been my only family. They've been the only people that's been around my whole life. So it was just like, just to just stop talking to me completely, like that hurt. You know what I'm saying? And nobody, you could have conversated with me. Sit, talk to me about it. They just don't.

So it's been 4 years since that photo was posted?

It's been a few years.

It ain't been no 4 years, you know.

No, it ain't been 4, it's been like 3 years.

Why did you send me that friend request? Was it something that you wanted to show me?

Probably just 'cause I seen you on my suggested friends. Why would I just wanna, come on. You thought I was being funny and I was not.

Yeah, I really think so.

No, I was not being funny.

Janessa, when did you find out that he may not be your father?

My mom told me when I was like 6. Had it been like when I was 16, but I really didn't believe it or pay it no mind until I started trying to reach out and contact this other man. And you know, his other daughter, I look just like her, so it like made me question it.

And then why did you post the photo?

Because I caught myself trying to have a relationship with him and you know.

No, I think that was meant for me to see.

It was not.

That was meant for me to see.

I was not being funny. I was not being funny at all.

All of a sudden I get a friend request and this cat pop up.

I was not being funny towards you though. It wasn't, it had nothing to do with it.

And they bothered me as well.

I just happened to send a friend request.

It bothered me as well.

But you didn't say anything to me about it when you could have spoke about it. You could have said something.

Janessa, I wanna ask you a question. How do you feel about Michael having 27 kids?

I mean, to each his own, but like, if you can't, no, seriously, but if you can't even, you don't even talk to like all of them as is, so why keep having more and more kids is what I don't understand. You just keep having more kids.

I like that.

Why do you have to keep Why are you never having more kids? And that's a sincere question. You just said you have one that's 1 year old, but you only have a relationship with 8 outta 27.

I mean, that's not my fault though. Like I said, the mothers, hey, these whores is what I'm gonna call 'em.

So what are you?

Hey, they put theyself in that situation.

What are you though? Let them know. Yes.

What you mean, what am I?

If it's okay for a man to call women whores.

No, no, seriously, seriously, I wanna ask that because You're calling these women who are not here to defend themselves whores. You don't think that you're a whore?

I ain't calling no names.

But hey, I support it. But they don't have as many kids as you.

I support that too.

Okay, so you're a whore too.

I'm standing on that too.

You're a whore too.

I'm a whore too then.

All right, so listen, I think it's time to get into comments from my audience 'cause I wanna know what my audience feels about this.

Okay, come on. Bring it on. I can see you wanna talk some game.

What is your point of view on this? I mean, bro, 27 kids, one of them's 1 year old.

You're out of control.

Don't you think you're like a menace to society? I mean, it's out of control.

It's out of control. No, I don't think I'm no menace to society. No, not at all. Not at all. Hey, the Lord said be fruitful, you know?

Okay, hold up, hold up, hold up. We can't bring Jesus into this, all right?

All right?

But the honest question is, is that, We see the pain that's going on right here of this woman saying to you, I feel like you weren't there. I feel abandoned. I didn't feel loved. And the fact of the matter is that he is making a valid point that he says you have 26 other kids out there. Do you feel like your behavior is reckless?

No, 'cause I ain't did nothing wrong. If I did something wrong, then I'mma admit to it. I gotta stand on that.

So I got a question for you.

My question is, Like, do you actually have a job to support these 27 kids you keep having? Oh yeah, I like that. Hey, I got my own business. What kind of business? I got an online website. And you support 27 kids with your online website? Hey, I support mine. Just understand that. 8 or 27? That's my question. Hey, I support mine. You must weren't paying attention.

What are your thoughts? Do you think having 27 kids makes you a man?

Oh. Yeah.

Yeah.

Can you remember all their names?

Yeah, I'm a man of mine.

That's a valid question actually. Do you know, can you remember all of your children's names? Oh, I believe so. This is a question he asked because I have two sons and I promise you sometimes they wake up in the morning and I call one the other name and that's the two. And maybe it's because I'm getting older and I'm like, Jason, I mean, Karamo. Right, right, right.

You know you get confused when it's time for the birthdays and all that. You know, so I get a little twisted at times.

Are you ready for this DNA outcome?

Yes.

All right, here's the envelope.

I gotta read it?

If you could, yeah, it's for you. If you could open it and read the results out loud for us.

Okay.

So she's good to do it.

Okay. Lord says you are not the father. And I kinda knew it.

So cuz the father? Cuz you had in the picture posted up? Yeah.

You think so?

I'm pretty sure.

What's making you so emotional right now?

Because like, because now I feel like, now they really is just gonna look at me like I'm not family anymore. I'm just saying, they just like, you know.

Here, come here, come here, come here, come here, come here, come here, come here. Come here, come here, come here. Come here. 'Cause you gotta grieve a lot. You have a lot to grieve.

It hurts if he just walks away.

It don't make it no better.

I know. That's what I was asking for and that's what I was worried about. 'Cause if he walks away, he's already disconnected once when he just saw a photo.

That just shows me like how he really feel, I feel like. So I'm just—

That no matter what his experience is and however he treats you, I know it hurts. There are people that wanna love you and show you the love that you deserve.

I know.

You're not alone in this, Tamika.

Thank you.

You're not alone. Seriously.

Come talk to me right here. Come scoot down. Do you need support or help with talking to the man that you think is potentially your father?

That would probably be the best idea because he's the only other potential, you know, and for me to just actually know for sure would probably be like, Closure.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, so.

I'm gonna tell you something and this is my honest opinion. You are better off with this man not being your father.

That's the truth. I feel like that too. 'Cause he got enough.

You know what's for the best. I feel like on your growth and where you're at and I'm looking at you and I'm looking at your vulnerability and I'm looking at how you are as a young woman, I can tell that you can recognize unhealthy behavior. Behavior. That right there lets you know that he is not in a place emotionally or mentally to be there for you.

'Cause if we can't even communicate about it, you know, we both adults now at this point. So if you can't even come to me and say how you feel, you know, then that just goes to show how much you really don't care if you ask me.

You've dealt with abandonment, you have some trust issues, am I sure?

Yes.

Okay, yeah, I know, I can start reading.

It's kind of bad.

Yeah, I'm sure. And I don't want that to start deterring you from getting the life that you deserve. Because at the end of the day, I hate that he could not be the man that you deserved. And I hate that your mother was not able to give you the information you deserve so that you could have clarity earlier. But you do have me and other people who support you and love you. And we wanna be here for you. Will you let me be here for you? Yes. All right. But I got a message. I got a message for men at home that are like Michael. I want you to know that having a bunch of kids kids that you don't take care of, you gotta do better. It is not cute. Multiple kids does not make you a man. Multiple kids does not make you attractive. Multiple kids that you are not caring for makes you delinquent and makes you a coward. Stop being a coward and step up. As we've seen right here, Janessa has suffered enough, her mother has suffered enough, and these other women's children have suffered enough. Enough men with doing this BS. It's time to step up.

You hear me?

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