Oh I think that is rife is almost every West Indian family...especially in our grandparents generation.

My great-grandfather (on my mother's mother's side) was from Barbados. He had a family over there, then came to St Vincent to work and had a whole heap of children all over the island.

One of my cousins (who is the daughter of one of the illegitimate SVG bunch) now lives in Barbados, and she has been trying to get to know the Bajan side.... but they don't want anything to do with her! She called several times and they won't return her calls.
I find that so silly really and truly! The legitimate bunch never want to know the illegitimate ones and always seem to harbour some kinda grudge. Really and truly they're both in the same boat because more than likely if he was a dead-beat dad for the first ones, then he was a dead-beat for the ones out of wedlock too!
You can't possibly blame the illegitimate children... it's not like they enticed the man to stray away! They weren't even born yet...