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They all want to become Browns

Late funk legend James Brown is the father of two more children, DNA testing has confirmed.

Dozens of people underwent foolproof DNA analysis after claiming to be the offspring of the late singer - and now Brown's attorney and longtime friend Buddy Dallas has confirmed that two of the results came back positive.

Although he refuses to identify the names of the star's new-found children, LaRhonda Pettit has gone public with the results of her test - a 99.99percent probability she is the soul man's daughter. Pettit is a spitting image of the soul legend. She met Brown briefly in Texas in 2003, but says he refused to acknowledge she was his daughter.

Brown died from heart failure on Christmas Day last year aged 73. - Wenn

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