A family court judge on Wednesday ruled that, by default, a Las Vegas man caring for his teenage brother is also now legally the boy’s father.

It still wasn’t known if Logan Gifford, who said he survived years of sexual abuse by his mother and suspects his brother might also be his son, was the boy’s biological father.

“The DNA test conducted does not have a final determination as to one of the two,” said Family Court Judge Vincent Ochoa during a brief hearing Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Despite that, Ochoa said Gifford, as far as the court is concerned, is the father of the 16-year-old who lives with him.

Gifford, now 26, was a teenager when a judge ordered his mother, Doreene Gifford, to serve an eight-to-20-year prison sentence and register as a sex offender in 2015.

Logan Gifford had

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