Online DNA saliva test ‘proves’ musician, 51, is Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb’s lovechild as he reveals ‘overwhelming sense of relief’
- Nick Endacott, 51, from East Sussex, said he is biological son of Maurice Gibb
- A saliva swab came back as a ‘100 per cent’ match to Maurice’s son, Adam
- Nick was given up as a baby and placed in a children’s home, before adoption
- The musician says he has found ‘closure’ following the results of the DNA test
- Maurice Gibb died in 2003, aged 53, due to complications of a twisted intestine
A singer who long suspected that Bee Gees star Maurice Gibb was his biological father said he has finally found ‘closure’ following the results of a DNA test.
Nick Endacott, 51, from Hove, East Sussex, revealed that a saliva swab sent to Ancestry.co.uk came back as a ‘100 per cent match’ to Maurice’s son Adam.
For years, the musician had been searching for his biological father, having been adopted as a baby and brought up by a middle class family in the Ashdown Forest, East Sussex.
Nick Endacott, 51, from East Sussex, said a DNA test proves Maurice Gibb (right) is his father
He was reunited with his biological mother, Patti Nolder, in 2003 and discovered that she had become friendly with the Bee Gees while working as a studio manager.
After his birth in 1968, Patti gave her son to a children’s home in Woolwich, South London, where he was registered as Aaron Conway, but he was given a new name after his adoption.
When the pair reunited decades later, she told Nick that his father was Chris Andrews, frontman of the 1960s rock band Fleur de Lys, but a DNA test in 2009 came back negative.
Global stars: Brothers Robin, Barry and Maurice as the Bee Gees sold 120 million records
But he was given a new lead, when Patti’s sister told him that Maurice Gibb was in fact his biological father.
Two years ago, Nick took three separate facial recognition tests, which showed there was a high chance the pair were related. One returned a match percentage of 95.2.
But Maurice’s widow Yvonne refused permission for a DNA test, leaving Nick unable to confirm the theory until now.
Musician Nick Endacott says he feels ‘completion’ following the results of the DNA test
Speaking to The Sunday People, Nick said: ‘It has been such a long hard journey, but this has finally given me closure and I have a new found belief in myself from knowing my identity.’
He added: ‘I’ve never been interested in money and as I was legally adopted I would have no claim anyway.
‘I just wanted to know who my dad is.’
The Bee Gees, comprising brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time and only just behind Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Michael Jackson.
Maurice died unexpectedly in 2003, aged 53, due to complications of a twisted intestine.
Nick Endacott’s birth mother, Patti Nolder, who mixed with the stars as a studio manager
His twin, Robin, passed away in 2012 from liver and kidney failure, leaving Barry, 73, as the only surviving member of the Bee Gees.
After his death, Maurice left his widow Yvonne and their children, Adam and Samantha, a huge estate, six homes around the world and all ownership to copyrights.