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If I read correctly, the OP said they have a friend who got one from your wife, and bred that one with a bird from another person. Then they got offspring from that mating. Sounds pretty straightforward, to me.
They didn't say they were directly from you. Nor were they asking you to authenticate anything.
But now you've made it sound like they've made a false claim, when by all appearances, they have not.
It's just on another forum PC and I visit, their friend said that the Shamo OP has as well came from Moua Oriental Aviary (crossed with another line). Moua Oriental Aviary said they have never sold their Shamo to ANYONE! Another thing is Ricardo being from South America, takes a good bit of money to import even eggs and I'm not sure if you can even import from South America (there is a list of places you can, and can't).
I'm not trying to say the OP is a liar in anyway, or put them down or their birds. But PC and Ricardo both have great looking Asils to me, I know PC strives to breed the best talking to him personally and receiving a Shamo stag last year (plan to get more birds this year!). But even if these two lines were crossed, i find it kind of hard to see how they produced those birds. They look very much like Asil from a hatchery to me.
-Daniel.
PS. If you did get taken OP, I'm sorry to hear. There are a lot of peddlers in the fowl world, and even if they're not what you thought. If you like them and they bring you joy, then i by no means mean to discourage you from breeding them.