Hip-hop producer JONATHAN `JR' ROTEM's family was shocked when they saw photographs of their son kissing pop star Britney Spears - but remain unconvinced the couple are dating. Rotem, 31, has been working with the TOXIC singer on her upcoming album and their working relationship has apparently turned into something romantic. The duo were photographed kissing and cuddling during a night out in Los Angeles Sunday (10DEC06) and Rotem's family was caught completely off guard. The music producer's father DORON ROTEM, a Berkeley, California-based computer science researcher, tells American publication Star, "I actually saw those pictures, but Jonathan didn't tell me anything about that. Jonathan's worked with Britney, but that's all I know - that's all he's told me." Rotem has been hard at work on his career, working with such stars as 50 Cent, DESTINY'S CHILD, Snoop Dogg and he even co-wrote three songs on the new album by Spears' estranged husband Kevin Federline. Rotem's father says he has been kept in the dark about his son's famous new love interest adding, "I haven't met her. Honestly, he's so busy we barely get to see him. "If there is something going on, I don't think it's serious. You know, they're just in pictures. Photographers catch a moment and the headlines start to go wild!"