About 4 percent of men may unknowingly be raising a child that really belongs to the mailman or some other guy, researchers speculate in a new study. Here’s the real news: With modern methods, the truth will become known more frequently. Researchers pawed through a host of scientific articles published around the world from 1950… Continue reading Surprise! 1-in-25 Dads Not the Real Father
Month: November 2022
What are the chances that your dad isn’t your father?
How confident are you that the man you call dad is really your biological father? If you believe some of the most commonly-quoted figures, you could be forgiven for not being very confident at all. But how accurate are those figures? Questions of paternity are built over the deepest well of human insecurity, for children… Continue reading What are the chances that your dad isn’t your father?
30% of Men: Not the Father?
Paternity test stats show a dramatic rise in the number of individuals seeking DNA paternity testing. This new trend, along with the increased attention on paternity provided by celebrity scandals, leads to the question: How many people really need a DNA paternity test? 30% of Men: Not the Father? A quick online search gives frighteningly… Continue reading 30% of Men: Not the Father?