DNA Tests Prove That One of Spains El Cordobs Bullfighters Fathered the Other
DNA evidence presented in a Spanish court appears to prove that a bullfighter is the son of one of the country's best-known matadors. Manuel Daz, 47, has long claimed that he is the offspring of Manuel Bentez, 79, a.k.a "El Cordobs" a reference to his southern Spanish hometown, Cordova, the BBC reports. But the elder man rejects the claim that he fathered Daz  who himself became a bullfighter and also uses the name "El Cordobs"  after meeting Daz's mother, a maid, at the height of the older man's popularity in the 1960s. Daz, who says he is not seeking financial gain, secured a court hearing after he hired a private detective to obtain a DNA sample from Bentez from a restaurant napkin. When that sample suggested the two "El Cordobs" were father and son, the court conducted its own blood tests, confirming paternity to a 99.9 degree of certainty. BBC