Article: DNA Test Rebuts Claim of Peron Paternity

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A privately commissioned DNA test found no relation between late Argentine strongman Juan Peron and a 72-year-old woman claiming to be his daughter, a lawyer for Peron's former wife said Tuesday.

The test was commissioned by Maria Estela Martinez de Peron - Juan Peron's third wife - in response to claims by Martha Holgado that she is the product of an affair between Peron and her mother.

Martinez de Peron's lawyer, Humberto Linares Fontaine, said on Argentine television Tuesday that the test did not pinpoint any biological link between Peron and Holgado.

But Holgado told The Associated Press she was awaiting the results of a court-ordered DNA test. Her lawyer, ...

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