General Hospital (GH) Spoilers: Is Dirty DA Paul Hornsby Nathan West’s Secret Daddy?

General Hospital (GH) Spoilers: Is Dirty DA Paul Hornsby Nathan West's Secret Daddy?

“General Hospital” (GH) spoilers tease that Nathan West (Ryan Paevey) has a big bad daddy that no one knows about – but could his father already be in Port Charles? Could it be that dirty DA Paul Hornsby (Richard Burgi) is Nathan’s secret dad and the former lover of Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati)?

Consider this… Back in the early 90s, Paul was working with Cesar Faison (Anders Hove) which puts him in the same circle of villains as Liesl. Nathan was born circa 1984 (based on Paevey’s real age) so that means Paul could have fathered Nathan before he came to Port Charles the first time.

Paul was out of Port Charles by 1994 after divorcing Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) and taking up with Jenny Eckert. There are years of Paul’s background unexplored prior to him arriving in town in ’91 and again after ’94. Plus, Nathan was raised as the son of Madeline Reeves (Donna Mills).

This means that Nathan’s character history prior to Port Charles is vague. Liesl has mentioned that Nathan’s father was awful and she killed Victor Cassadine (Thaao Penghlis) to keep Nathan’s paternity secret because the truth of Nathan’s parentage is worse than he could imagine.

Paul is pretty awful – he killed Kyle Sloane (Robb Derringer) without hesitation and also tried to murder Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). And those can’t be his first forays it homicide since he killed so casually. Let’s face it – the guy is scary.

If Paul is Liesl’s baby daddy, she’s be right to be concerned. But at least Paul wouldn’t know about Nathan since Liesl covered her tracks by handing her baby boy to her sister to raise. And of course, Liesl would avoid Paul like the plague in Port Charles.

With both Liesl and Paul having decades of history wide open, it’s completely possible that Paul is Nathan’s dad. What makes this interesting is that both Paul and Nathan are working at the PCPD – one with an agenda of law and order and another to take over all the mob business in Port Charles.

This means that, ultimately, Paul and Nathan are on a collision course whether or not they share DNA. The only person in town who knows the truth of Nathan’s parentage is Liesl. Nathan is in the dark and Liesl likely wouldn’t tell Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) or Madeline her awful secret either.

GH spoilers have swirled for some time that Valentin Cassadine might be Nathan’s dad, but nothing has come of it. However, persistent GH spoilers also indicate that Dillon Quartermaine (Robert Palmer Watkins) may have an unknown sibling in town – this could be Nathan.

You have to admit that Paul and Nathan share some attributes – handsome, tall, sexy… What do you think GH fans? Could the dirty DA be Nathan’s mystery dad? And will Liesl have to reveal the secret to keep the two from going after each other?

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