recover for Warren Seeds’ death, Souletta must demonstrate that she is a proper claimant under DOHSA, which permits a decedent’s spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative to state a claim. 46 U.S.C.App. § 761. The law views a child born out of wedlock to be a “child” for the purpose of stating a DOHSA claim. Middleton v. Luckenbach, S.S. Co., Inc., 70 F.2d 326, 330 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 293 U.S. 577, 55 S.Ct. 89, 79 L.Ed. 674 (1934). Petitioners argue that Souletta has not proven that Warren Seeds was her father. DOHSA does not provide a specific standard for determining the paternity of a putative claimant, and most courts apply the most analogous state law to the paternity question in admiralty actions. See, e.g., In re Indus. Trans. Corp., 344 F.Supp. 1311, 1314 (E.D.N.Y.1972) (<HOLDING>); Risdal, 291 F.Supp. at 360-61 (holding that
holding that in a diversity action a federal court must apply the law of the forum state holding that state law not admiralty governs the validity of transfers of title holding court must apply state law when admiralty law is inconclusive or incomplete holding that a federal court in diversity jurisdiction must apply state substantive law holding that courts apply substantive admiralty law to claims that sound in admiralty regardless of whether the complaint invokes diversity or admiralty jurisdiction