Truly heartbreaking 💔

**Las Vegas Man Seeks to Learn if Younger Brother Is Also His Biological Son After Years of Maternal Abuse**

Logan Gifford, 26, has filed a petition in Las Vegas family court to determine if his younger brother, born in 2009, is also his biological son—following years of sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of their mother, Doreene Gifford.

Logan says the abuse began when he was 10 and continued into his teens. After revealing the trauma to a therapist, Doreene was charged and later entered an Alford plea—maintaining her innocence while acknowledging prosecutors had enough evidence for conviction. She was sentenced to 8–10 years in prison and is now incarcerated again after violating parole.

Logan now has temporary guardianship of his younger brother and is pursuing DNA testing. Despite the painful possibility, he says he’s committed to the boy’s well-being regardless of the outcome.

“If my brother is my son, that’s an unthinkable reality—but he’s here and deserves a safe life,” Logan told the *Las Vegas Review-Journal*.

Legal proceedings may shift from guardianship to custody depending on paternity results. Shared DNA with Logan’s father could complicate the testing.