"his brother's"

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No, he discovered that the child he thought was his baby son is in fact his brother's son.

He thought he was the father of his wife's child. He was not. His own brother was the father.
 

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Without the apostrophe the meaning would change to something extremely unlikely.
 

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Sure. If his wife had an affair with his father, then the baby could be his brother. Kind of icky to think about, but there you are.
 

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I think we would be veering into an episode of Jeremy Kyle!
 
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