Heath Ledger's Illegitimate Love Child?

Heath Ledger may have fathered an illegitimate love child who could be entitled to part of his estate, according to Australian news reports.

The actor, who passed away from an accidental drugs overdose earlier this year, is believed to have had an affair with a woman of 25 in his home city of Perth, Australia, when he was just 17 years old.

The woman, now married with a family, found out she was pregnant after she split with the Brokeback Mountain star, claims family members.

His uncle Hadyn revealed in Sydney's Daily Telegraph: "There is a very real possibility that Heath was the father."

Ledger already has one child, two-year old Matilda, from his relationship with actress Michelle Williams.