DNA test results showed today that a baby boy found in the debris of the Indian Ocean tsunami belongs to the couple who launched a heart-wrenching court battle for his custody.

The infant dubbed Baby 81 after being found in the debris of Asia’s tsunami and the couple desperately trying to claim him underwent DNA tests today that could resolve a case that has come to symbolise families torn apart by the disaster.

THE Sri Lankan tsunami survivor known as ‘Baby 81’ and the couple fighting a court battle to claim him were yesterday ordered by a judge to undergo DNA testing next Wednesday, and an official said results could be known within eight hours.

Nine different women are claiming as their own a baby boy known only as Baby 81 at a Sri Lankan hospital.