Sean Astin's Father Confirmed by DNA
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00:00Patty Duke had three children from different relationships – Sean Astin, Mackenzie Astin,
00:05and Kevin Pierce.
00:06Sean, who followed his mother's footsteps into acting and starred in movies like The
00:10Lord of the Rings and Rudy, eventually put two and two together and concluded that his
00:15father was not John Astin, Patty's third husband and his brother Mackenzie's dad.
00:20Sean eventually decided to take a paternity test in the late 1990s to put the issue to
00:25rest once and for all.
00:27Fortunately, John Astin, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Michael Tell all agreed to participate, and
00:32at long last, the truth came out.
00:35Despite the fact that Patty and he were only married for less than two weeks, Michael Tell
00:40turned out to be Sean Astin's biological dad.
00:43But that didn't mean that Astin was going to ignore those who had had a big impact on
00:47his life.
00:48Quote, "'John Astin is my father, and Michael Tell is my biological father,' he told People
00:53Magazine in 2001.