Syrian man registered as son of his naturalized uncle, reached a high rank

- The naturalized citizen died just weeks ago, leaving behind a genetic sample preserved by forensic authorities, which had been taken from him last January.

- Five of the individuals he registered as his sons are not his biological children; they are actually the sons of his Syrian brothers.

- The biological mother of the officer and his siblings is in Kuwait, and all of them hold Syrian nationality.

- His brother is stateless (“Bedouin”); his mother and sisters bear his true family name, which differs from the family name registered in Kuwait.

- The officer’s nationality and that of his 14 children (sons and daughters) have been revoked, and further scrutiny of the file is ongoing.

Just weeks before his death, a Kuwaiti naturalized citizen left behind a genetic sample preserved by forensic authorities, which had been taken from him last January. At the time, it was not known that this sample would later become a key tool in examining a family file dating back decades, after it emerged that five of the individuals he registered as his sons were not his biological children, but rather the sons of his Syrian brothers, whom he had added to his file as his own sons.

In one of the cases resolved so far, investigations by the Nationality Investigations Department revealed that one of these five individuals holds Syrian nationality. He was registered as the son of his uncle, with his uncle’s wife registered as his mother. He later progressed in his military career within the Ministry of Interior, eventually reaching a high military rank and assuming the position of area commander.

The roots of the file date back to 1965, when the naturalized citizen obtained Kuwaiti nationality and registered his biological sons, along with five of his Syrian brothers’ sons, as his own. These registrations remained in place for decades before coming under scrutiny by the Nationality Investigations Department.

Investigations into the officer’s case revealed that his biological mother is in Kuwait, as are his brothers and sisters. All of them hold Syrian nationality and reside in the country. It also emerged that one of his biological brothers is registered in Kuwait as an illegal resident (“Bedouin”) and also holds Syrian nationality. His mother and sisters bear his true family name, which differs from the family name registered in Kuwait.

Thus, through a single case, the Supreme Committee for Nationality Affairs and the Nationality Investigations Department succeeded in closing two files simultaneously: one for an individual who had been fraudulently added to the Kuwaiti nationality file as the son of the naturalized citizen’s uncle, and another for his brother registered as a “Bedouin,” after investigations proved he held Syrian nationality. The case revealed, in a single trajectory, an incorrect registration claiming Kuwaiti nationality for one individual and illegal residency status for another.

The Nationality Investigations Department did not stop at the information and familial connections it uncovered; the scrutiny extended to the scientific aspect to verify the authenticity of parentage. This was made possible by the existence of the genetic sample preserved for the naturalized citizen, who had registered the officer as his son, enabling verification of biological ties even after the naturalized citizen’s death.

However, the family file has not yet been closed, as the officer is merely one of five brothers’ sons registered as the naturalized citizen’s children. Alongside the case of his brother registered as a “Bedouin,” the Nationality Investigations Department is still completing the examination of the other three cases involving the sons of his brothers, who were registered as the deceased’s children, and scrutinizing their connections to other Syrians present in Kuwait, with a view to resolving each case based on the findings of the investigations and tests.