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**cestsennY** · 09-01-2012, 12:47 PM

BBC News : Who's the Daddy?

Up to three million Britons may be wrong about who their real father is, experts claim. But using DNA paternity tests to discover the truth can cause its own problems. Estimates suggest that 5% of the population may have a different father to the one they think they are related to, says Professor John Burn, of the Institute of Human Genetics in Newcastle.

He runs one of the UK's few paternity testing services, which carries out about 300 DNA tests a year - a third of results surprise those involved. But men should be cautious about trying to prove their suspicions, he says, for the truth is often unkind. There is also the problem of children being mistakenly exhanged at birth in hospitals, or even adopted children who never know it.

Make sure to read people's comments on the BBC's website.
I also believe that a DNA test is the best option and everyone who wants to know the truth or be assured that their parents really are theirs, should make the test. How many people are ready to put their family life in jeopardy and confront an unsuspected truth ? I am asking you all if you'd be ready to take a DNA test or if anyone has ever taken one. View more random threads same category:

09-01-2012, 12:47 PM	#16
cestsennY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Are you really your father's child ? BBC News : Who's the Daddy? Up to three million Britons may be wrong about who their real father is, experts claim. But using DNA paternity tests to discover the truth can cause its own problems. Estimates suggest that 5% of the population may have a different father to the one they think they are related to, says Professor John Burn, of the Institute of Human Genetics in Newcastle. He runs one of the UK's few paternity testing services, which carries out about 300 DNA tests a year - a third of results surprise those involved. But men should be cautious about trying to prove their suspicions, he says, for the truth is often unkind. There is also the problem of children being mistakenly exhanged at birth in hospitals, or even adopted children who never know it. Make sure to read people's comments on the BBC's website. I also believe that a DNA test is the best option and everyone who wants to know the truth or be assured that their parents really are theirs, should make the test. How many people are ready to put their family life in jeopardy and confront an unsuspected truth ? I am asking you all if you'd be ready to take a DNA test or if anyone has ever taken one. View more random threads same category: Tony King. Belgian post regularily accept invalid stamps Brits' poor knowledge of English flaws EU... Dutch brewery launches beer for dogs ! Iñaki Undargarin Liebaert. 2 million euro to keep the 'wall of shame'...
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