According to Heath Ledger's uncle, the late actor may have fathered a love child when he was 17-years-old.
Haydn Ledger told Australia's News Ltd newspapers it was a "real possibility," although the actor’s father, Kim Ledger, and mother, Sally Bell, refused to comment about the speculation.
The paper reported Ledger had broken up with an older woman before she realized she was pregnant. According to a family source, "She had the baby. Everyone lived under the assumption that she was the daughter of the mother’s boyfriend and that is how she has been brought up."
The Sydney Morning Herald contacted a woman who is believed to have had an affair with the actor. She requested privacy and said her 11-year-old daughter would be "incredibly hurt" if she were identified.
Although one Australian report said the child's stepfather suggested a DNA test to ameliorate press attention, the woman refused one when she was contacted by the Herald, calling the request "very, very rude."
This is not the first controversy concerning the late actor. His last official will was drawn up in April 2003, prior to the birth of his daughter, therefore nothing was left for her or her mother, Michelle Williams.
