I want to be the Babies Daddy Anna

Photographer Larry Birkhead, a former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, tells Us Weekly magazine that, no matter what a national TV audience was told Tuesday night, he's the real father of the reality TV star's newborn girl. And he's seeking a DNA Test to prove it.

Smith's lawyer, Howard K. Stern, told CNN's "Larry King Live" on Tuesday that he is the "proud father" of the girl, Dannie Ray Hope, born Sept. 7, and he plans to marry Smith "at some point."

"Right now we have to somehow get through what we're going through," said Stern, referring to the Sept. 10 death of Smith's son, Daniel Smith. The 20-year-old Smith died of unknown causes at his mother's hospital bedside in the Bahamas.

Birkhead says science can settle the matter. He's confident about what the results would be from a DNA Test, saying, "I know I am the father of the child. I look forward to having a relationship with my new daughter."

Birkhead is not like most guys that have a baby out of wedlock, he's trying to step up to the plate like a man with empty pockets.

Lethal Drug Dose' Killed Smith's Son

Anna Nicole Smith's son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two anti-depressant drugs, a US pathologist said.

Cyril Wecht, who was hired by Smith to look into her son's death on September 10, said a combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro led to cardiac dysrhythmia.

Daniel, 20, died while visiting his mother in hospital in the Bahamas where she had given birth to a baby girl.

His death has been shrouded in mystery since then.

An official autopsy and toxicology reports are being withheld until an inquest on October 23