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Children?[edit]

Although the history books record John Diefenbaker as having no children of his own, credible claims have emerged that he fathered at least two sons, John Eric LaMarche in 1939, and George John Dryden in 1968. The former, renamed Edward Thorne after he was born and adopted out, is said to be the product of an affair between Diefenbaker and his housekeeper Mary Rosa LaMarche in Prince Albert, Sask. The latter claims to be his son via an affair between Diefenbaker and a confidante, Mary-Lou Dryden. DNA testing in December 2013 turned up a strong family connection between Thorne's sons (the Goertzens) and George Dryden. There was no other known connection between the two families. Previous DNA testing had turned up a link between Dryden and a known cousin of Diefenbaker. [190]