Bongbong willing to undergo DNA test to help Grace Poe

Vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at the weekly Kapihan sa Senado on Thursday. JULLIANE LOVE DE JESUS/INQUIRER.net

Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said that he is willing to undergo DNA matching test if he would be asked to help presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe prove that her parents are Filipino.

“Sure, papa-DNA ako (I’ll undergo DNA matching). I don’t see how that will help her but if it will, why not?” said a laughing Marcos at the weekly Kapihan sa Senado forum on Thursday.

Marcos jokingly added: “Wala namang makikita dahil anak ako ng tatay at tsaka nanay ko.”

(They won’t find anything suspect since I’m the son of my father and mother.)

It has long been rumored that Poe is an illegitimate child of the Marcos’ father and namesake with former actress Rosemarie Sonora. Sonora is the sister of the senator’s adoptive mother, veteran actress Susan Roces.

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Poe underwent DNA matching with individuals identified to be her probable relatives after critics questioned her citizenship and residency before the Senate Electoral Tribunal and the Commission on Elections.

The results of Poe’s DNA matching were negative.

What if the DNA would prove that Poe is indeed his half-sister? Marcos said he will tell his fellow senator: “Welcome to the family!”

Marcos is running for vice president in next year’s general elections alongside Senator Miriam Defenson-Santiago.

Poe, meanwhile, will gun for presidency in 2016 with running mate and close friend Senator Francis Escudero.

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If it were indeed true that Poe and Marcos are siblings, would he ask Poe to support him over Escudero?

Marcos let out a loud laugh and quipped: “We’ll cross the bridge when we get there.”

“Nasa sa kanya na ‘yon. Hindi ko masasagot para sa kanya,” he added.

(It is up to her. I cannot answer that for her.) CDG