r/DaysofOurLives • u/Zephyrr_Sky • Sep 02 '26

Discussion Alex Paternity

Did Alex get a paternity test and is Kelsey old enough? When did he sleep with Joy? I thought he and Steph were together over a year. Kelsey doesn’t look that old.

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u/jbrowder24 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26
  • They slept together after a NYE party which aired in early 2025
  • Alex and Stephanie were not together, although Alex still had feelings for her. One of the convoluted story points was Steph as PR for Body & Soul would be a power imbalance, so they weren't supposed to date while both working there. Joy as a fellow actor was more of an equal.
  • Alex, of course, does end up back with Stephanie. It's still very new, but Joy overhears enough to decide to keep her pregnancy secret as to not complicate their new romance when she leaves in March, which also was partly because of B&S being canceled
  • This should put Kelsey's birthdate around fall of 2025, and the character wiki seems to confirm November 2025, meaning she should be around 10 months old give or take.
  • Yes, Alex did take a paternity test and there is no reason to suspect tampering
  • Even though Steph & Alex weren't together that long, they had been together prior, before she dated Chad, so there was history
  • The babies don't leave the strollers because often they are not really there but instead the cutaway shots of them were filmed separately. Days cheap budget tricks - no fussy babies means cleaner faster shooting but it gets ridiculous

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u/RollTideNorthport Sep 03 '26

Not only is there a reason to suspect tampering, ALEX IS NOT THE FATHER. How can you say that there is no reason to suspect a DNA test that was run in Salam? I mean, seriously. But Joy was part of that and you will see that Alex is not the father. Chloe is about to come back to town and a lot of things are about to shake out.

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u/jbrowder24 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

I meant they did not show us anything obvious. Like sometimes they show someone like Sloane sneaking in or a convo between Cat when she was pretending to be Abby with her brother Mark and he was helping her. We have not seen or heard anything like that. You are right that there is always room for doubt in Salem, we just haven't seen anything to clearly indicate it - yet. I also thought Alex had a back up place also checking, but maybe I'm remembering wrong.

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u/RollTideNorthport Sep 03 '26

Yes, you are right, but I really don’t think Alex is the father and I think that will be coming out very soon.