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Watch: 'I am Tumas Fenech’s son, but his family refuses a DNA test'

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Victor Buttigieg claims to be the son of the late Tumas Fenech (inset), one of Malta’s richest men.

Victor Buttigieg, who claims to be the son of the late Tumas Fenech, one of Malta’s richest men, wants the magnate’s children to undergo a DNA test with him, to establish the identity of his real father once and for all. Buttigieg, who is now 50, is speaking out for the first time in an interview with Times of Malta, explaining how a court battle to establish whether he is, indeed, Fenech’s son, continues to hit legal stumbling blocks. Business tycoon Tumas Fenech died in 1999, leaving a multi-million empire, and Buttigieg believes he owns a hefty share of it – a slice as large as Fenech’s children have inherited – because Fenech died without leaving a will. Fenech’s heirs deny the claim and insist Buttigieg is not their brother but have so far refused to undergo a DNA genetic test. If the court rules that Buttigieg is, in fact Fenech’s son, he could become a millionaire overnight. “Many millions,” he says, confidently insisting that he is Tumas Fenech’s son. However, he argues he is not after the money, and insists that had he suspected his father was a random, average income earner, he would have fought just as hard to find him. “I want to be honest with you – I’m doing it...


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