He became a father of choice.
That does not seem to fit the facts as we know them without quite a bit of contortion, semantics and speculation.
I think it's a downright odd interpretation of what a choice is. I do not even understand how you could possibly even know it.
I think you continue to conflate your own situation with a very different one.
But, since you agree that you are being harsh, perhaps that is all there is to say. I do not agree with you that it is a good thing.
Of course it fits the facts as far as we know. He did not challenge paternity. He acted as father to the child.
He did not challenge paternity because he thought it was his biological child.
Do you remember how consent works, Toni?