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If I do private DNA testing abroad that proves my boyfriend is the father of the baby I am carrying, will an Israeli court recognize the results, if I am still married,though separated from my husband?

No! The Genetic Information Act of 2000 explicitly states that the results of genetic testing to prove family connections that were obtained without an Israeli court order cannot be submitted in court, and will not be accepted as evidence. Furthermore, you could not get permission from an Israeli court to perform such testing and circumvent the prohibition created by a 2008 amendment preventing such testing. This prohibition on testing would apply as you are a married, Jewish woman and the results of the tests would involve a risk of illegitimacy to the future child.