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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
They should almost just make paternity tests mandatory. I read an article in a scientific publication back when I was taking genetics in university and there was at least one study that found something like 20% of children have non-biological fathers and don't know it.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...7-2702,00.html
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Genetic Technologies conducts more than half of all the paternity tests undertaken in Australia. Its business development manager, Ian Smith, said its negative rate was about 20 per cent.
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Now these are from cases where the tests were requested, so the sample is biased. But it is interesting.
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