article_snippet: But recent bombshell DNA tests showed that the baby, living in Chorley, Lancashire, actually belongs to her former partner, and Ashley Mercer's former stepson, Ashley Mercer, 27.
article_snippet: Stan Crowther, 47, with the baby daughter Ashley Mercer believed was Ashley Mercer until recent DNA tests proved otherwise .
article_snippet: the baby's dad - and Ashley Mercer isn't.'
article_snippet: : they relationship fizzled out 18 months later and DNA tests have now proved that Ashley is the baby's biological father .
article_snippet: But Rachel Stanrelationship fizzled out 18 months later and DNA tests have now proved that Ashley is the baby's biological father.
article_snippet: Ashley was the dad. '
highlights_snippet: Ashley Mercer assumed a baby girl to be Ashley Mercer but
highlights_snippet: DNA tests have since revealed Ashley  is the four-year-old girl's real father .
  