Poe: No 'lukso ng dugo' so far as search for blood relatives continues

Senator Grace Poe remains optimistic she would still be able to find her blood relatives as she admitted she did not feel any ‘connection’ with the person who recently gave a DNA specimen.

 

Despite several DNA tests, no matches have resulted so far. Poe intends to submit a matching DNA test before proceedings probing her "natural-born" citizenship status.

 

“Sa totoo lang wala pa kasi masyado akong nararamdamang lukso ng dugo,” Poe admitted to reporters in an interview  Wednesday after the inauguration of the headquarters of her supporters in Quezon City.

 

The senator said she trusts the sincerity of the latest individual to submit to DNA testing.

 

A report from GMA News' Mariz Umali on the "24 Oras newscast" said the senator was referring to Lorena de Chavez who introduced herself as Poe's aunt, saying that she had contact with two of her supposed siblings.

 

In the same report, de Chavez's brother Junie Rodriguez said she was already on her way to Manila to undergo DNA testing. 

 

“Hindi naman kasi sa lukso ng dugo pero naramdaman ko na sinsero naman iyong tao. Maaaring hindi tatama pero malalaman mo naman sa kilos ng tao kung ito ay sinsero. Malay mo iyon rin ang paniniwala rin niya base sa mga kwentong pamilya...Gusto kong maniwala sa lukso ng dugo pero alam mo minsan kapag may nakikita kang isang tao na mabait ang puso o magaan ang loob hindi naman kayo magkamag-anak, ‘di ba?” Poe also said.

 

Poe narrated that a family approached her during her trip to Iloilo.

 

“Lumapit lang sila at mayroon silang sinabi sa akin. Maaaring sila ang aking mga kamag-anak. Buong puso kong tinatatanggap ‘yon kung totoo man ‘yon. May mga pinapunta sila sa akin na mukhang puwedeng may hawig. Pero ‘di ba tayong mga tiga-Iloilo ay maraming magkakahawig. So ano nalang, umasa na lang tayo,” she said.

 

The senator said she decided to give them a chance as she with others who said they could be her relatives.

 

“Nagpakita ng litrato at nag-kuwento. Ewan ko, parang sabi ko ay ba’t naman hindi? So subukan natin. May mga ibang lumalapit kasi na malayong-malayo talaga ang kuwento. Ito, parang ‘puwede’ pero  hindi ko naman masasabing hundred percent,” she said.

 

Poe said she expects the results to come out in three weeks or possibly a month.

 

“Ginagawa ngayon (ang test) so sabihin na nating mga tatlong linggo o isang buwan. Ako ay siyempre habang may buhay ay may pag-asa. Tingnan natin. Malay mo, mayroon,” she said.   — Andrei Medina/ELR, GMA News