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Surprise! 1-in-25 Dads Not the Real Father

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Wow. One study has it as high as 30%.

Surprise! 1-in-25 Dads Not the Real Father

LiveScience Staff

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1 hour, 21 minutes ago

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.

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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 through last year. The perceived "paternal discrepancy rate," as it is called, ranges from less than 1 percent to as high as 30 percent in the various studies. Most researchers believe the rate is less than 10 percent.

The author's settled on four percent -- one in 25 families -- in a new article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The actual figure will likely become clearer as more people undergo DNA profiling and genetic testing, the researchers say. In the United States, rates of paternity testing alone more than doubled to 310,490 between 1991 and 2001, they note.

But there are other tests on the rise that could have the unintended effect of revealing a child to belong to another man.

DNA testing is becoming more common in courts, health care systems and in cases of organ transplants. Perhaps the most widespread use on the horizon is to diagnose susceptibility to hereditary diseases. Are you likely to get Alzheimer's or die from a heart attack or cancer? Medicine promises to one day let you know, should you want to.

Eventually, the researchers argue, there will be a greater need for support services and guidance on how to disclose paternal discrepancy.

"In a society where services and life decisions are increasingly influenced by genetics, our approach to [paternal discrepancy] cannot be simply to ignore this difficult issue," the authors write.
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#1 Cohen, Aug 11, 2005

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Uh oh......time for that DNA test.

Maury Povich, here I come.

(just kidding)

#2 HOOP-T, Aug 11, 2005
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30% in NBA cities. I love this game.

#3 PhiSlammaJamma, Aug 11, 2005
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I wonder how Shawn Kemp factors into all of this?!

#4 HOOP-T, Aug 11, 2005
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Surprise! 1-in-25 Dads Not the Real Father
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#5 Oski2005, Aug 11, 2005
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What are you talking about?

#6 mleahy999, Aug 11, 2005
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^^^
Damn you

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That doesn't surprise me...Who's my daddy?

#8 rrj_gamz, Aug 11, 2005
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The crazy part is that 1-in-15 mothers are not the real mom.

#9 MR. MEOWGI, Aug 11, 2005
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The crazy part is that 1-in-15 mothers are not the real mom.
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At least that's their story and they are sticking to it.

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Which is why logically, kids should take the surname of the mom rather than the dad. Afterall....you know who your mom is....she tells you who's the dad!

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MR. MEOWGI said:

The crazy part is that 1-in-15 mothers are not the real mom.
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Does that mean the hospital is switching babies for business or something?

#12 pirc1, Aug 11, 2005
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HOOP-T said:

I wonder how Shawn Kemp factors into all of this?!
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DAMN! You got to it first... I was thinking Allen Iverson and Shawn Kemp, but yours was good.

#13 SwoLy-D, Aug 11, 2005

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This may sound odd, but I am actually my own biological father.

#14 ima_drummer2k, Aug 11, 2005
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ima_drummer2k said:

This may sound odd, but I am actually my own biological father.
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We have the first human clone on BBS!!

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The perceived "paternal discrepancy rate," as it is called, ranges from less than 1 percent to as high as 30 percent in the various studies. Most researchers believe the rate is less than 10 percent.
The author's settled on four percent -- one in 25 families -- in a new article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
The actual figure will likely become clearer as more people undergo DNA profiling and genetic testing, the researchers say. In the United States, rates of paternity testing alone more than doubled to 310,490 between 1991 and 2001, they note.
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In other words: we have some random but inconclusive studies and 1/25 is a number we pulled out of the air, but it sounds good and is a recognizable number and people will read the article and chat about it at the water cooler.

#16 nyquil82, Aug 11, 2005
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ima_drummer2k said:

This may sound odd, but I am actually my own biological father.
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MacBeth took over ima_drummer2k's account!

#17 AroundTheWorld, Aug 11, 2005
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Ever seen the movie Me, Myself & Irene? LOL...

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I believe it, married women are bad.

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I have a friend who had a one night stand found out he had a kid five years after the fact, and the woman told a different guy her boyfriend it was his and he believed it for about four years.

Sometimes its not a one night stand.

I have another friend who works with a guy who was the victim of a woman who knew he wasn't the father of her kid and he didn't find out till the kid was four or five. What's worse in the situation is that the girl's family knew the secret and her sister was the one to finally tell him. Pretty sad situation because the guy had to let go of this kid he thought was his for a few years and it was hard for him but he had to.

#20 pgabriel, Aug 11, 2005

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