Seven individuals from Kenya have successfully used commercially available DNA databases in a London Family Court to prove paternity against British Army personnel, opening doors for potential British citizenship. This marks a landmark legal precedent, being the first time paternity has been established this way in a UK court.

• Seven Kenyans won their paternity case against British men, six from British Army Training Unit in Kenya (Batuk) and one contractor.
• British lawyer James Netto and leading geneticist Denise Syndercombe Court led the project to collect DNA samples.
• One claimant, Peter Wambugu, 33, expressed that the ruling transformed "all the pain that I’ve been carrying all these 30 years... into joy."