1 in 25 Father's Isn't The REAL Father (Study Says They Don't Know)

[matcom]

<snip>

Around one in 25 dads could unknowingly be raising another man's child, according to new research.

The authors of the study based their findings on internationally published scientific research and conference abstracts from 1950 to 2004.

Rates of "paternal discrepancy" -- where a dad is not the biological father of his child -- range from less than 1 percent to as much as 30 percent.

It is generally thought that rates are below 10 percent; A rate of 4 percent means that one in 25 families are affected.

The implications are huge, say the authors, with the increasing reliance on DNA profiling and genetic testing, which could boost the rates of paternal discrepancy.

In the U.S., the rate more than doubled between 1991 and 2001 as testing increased.

The study appears in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

http://www.wftv.com/family/4837767/detail.html

[dhinojosa]

1. I'd like to apologize personally to those 1/25 dads.....

You know, after a few drinks, things kinda got outta hand

[still_one]

2. i always knew bush was a bastard

[Hugin]

3. No Comment.

I invoke the 5th.

[DS1]

4. On the other hand, I only support 1 in 25 of my kids

:hide:

[matcom]

5. i'm just wondering how many Jr. Matcom's are REALLY running around!

:7

on edit: thank you dad(s) :D

[DS1]

6. Yes, a toast to all those selfless young men doing our heavy-lifting

and baby-scream absorbtion :toast:

[matcom]

9. and a SPECIAL toast to....

Underpants!

:hide:

[DS1]

10. I suppose we should share that toast equally

It's really a flip of the coin :shrug:

[matcom]

12. your right

remember that night? WOW what a party THAT was! glad YOU drove home.

[DS1]

14. Dude! I wasn't about to get in THAT backseat three times in one night!

:scared:

[Hugin]

7. This does remind me of a funny family story though...

My Mom has a habit of buying frames and leaving them
around the house.

One particular frame has a picture of a lovely young
girl in it and it doesn't have any printing on the
picture identifying it as a frame filler. The young
girl looked to be of an age that maybe one of *us*
had something to do with her.

When every member of the family walked through... We
all took a close look to see if maybe Mom *knew* something
we didn't.

When I realized it was only a frame picture... I went *whew*.

[SoCalDem]

8. wackos solve this problem by locking the wimmins up

and killing them if the kid doesn't look like dad :)

[Patiod]

11. I have trouble with one sentence in there...

"The implications are huge, say the authors, with the increasing reliance on DNA profiling and genetic testing, which could boost the rates of paternal discrepancy."

well, no, they could boost the awareness of paternal discrpancy.....

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. The methodology is flawed and the intent of the study wasn't so much

to prove that 4% of the population has the wrong father, but to DISPROVE the figures that claimed the numbers were as high as 10%.