A Detroit man is facing possible jail time because he owes more than $30,000 in back child support, but there's a very strange twist to this story.

WXYZ-TV reports, Carnell Alexander is more than $30,000 in arrears on his child support, but DNA testing proves the child isn't his. The mother listed Alexander as the child's father in order to receive welfare benefits.

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