DAD OF MERCY SHOWS UP FOR MADONNA

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The Dad of Mercy James the 3-year-old Malawi child that Pop Star Madonna wants to adopt, has appeared and says he wants a role in the life of the daughter he thought he had lost.The only problem is that James Kambewa is only 15 years old, and Mercy's relatives are already questioning his fitness to raise her the right way.In an interview with People, Kambewa, now a security guard in the country, says he was the boyfriend of the girl's mother, 15-year-old Mwandida Maunde, and ended up fathering Mercy. He said he ran away before the baby was born. Upon learning that Maunde died a few days after going into labor on Jan. 22, 2006, he assumed the child had died as well—only to learn that Mercy was alive thanks to all the publicity surrounding Madonna's bid to take custody of the baby."Now that I know [Mercy] is alive, I am willing to support her," he tells the magazine, noting that he and Maunde were high school students when he accidentally knocked her up. "Her parents were furious that I had messed up their daughter. They caused hell for me so I left town."