Could be that dad is not real father, report shows (Is that kid really yours?)

reuters via Yahoo News ^ | Aug 11, 2005 | SOURCE: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, August 2005.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Bill Cosby made some not-so-funny remarks about inner city people needing DNA cards to make sure they're not screwing with their siblings.

[konaice]

And it was for situations just like this...bring baby home, test DNA, proceed from there.

No, just make it another of the tests that is done in the hospital by law, and have the information appear on the birth certificate.

Don't hide it, or make it a private matter, that's part of the problem.

Put it out there in the open for all to see and remove another refuge for the unfaithfull wife.

[timsbella]

Blood tests before marriage could become popular again, but not for STD's - for family trees. I know my oldest brother is adopted and he insisted for this very reason.

[tallhappy]

Real father is man who rasies the children regardless of the genetics.

[devane617]

Without alteration in current behavior the problem will eventually take care of it's self. As sad as that will be to watch.

[11th_VA]

I grew up with a kid that looked like the postman, and his brother just like the milkman ...

[frithguild]

Actually it would just make sure that women get child support from two men instead of just one.

Gives new meaning to spreading the risk...

[konaice]

Considering less that 22% of people ever leave thier hometowns, this could be a significant issue in the next few years.

Where did that statistic come from?

Not leaving your home town does not make accidental incest more likely. It actually makes it less likely, because you know your own town, (if its small).

Most people know who their relatives are, but not these "mis-fatherd" children.

[Phantom Lord]

Anyone know the "out of wedlock" birth rate in the Afircan-American community?

Last statistics available put it at 70%.

[timsbella]

"Real father is man who rasies the children regardless of the genetics."

Amen. Dr. Seuss said it best in "Horton Hatches the Egg"

To quote him "and it should be like that, because Horton was faithful he sat and he sat..."

John Singleton illustrated it poignantly in "Boys in the Hood" - absent a father, a man has little direction.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Real father is man who rasies the children regardless of the genetics.

Agree. And any guy cuckolded should divorce his wife on grounds of adultery and get custody of the child.

[tallhappy]

Eventually, someone is going to come up with an inexpensive genetic test, and our whole society is going to fall apart at the seams.

Only becasue it already has.

The father is the mother's husband. That has been the law for centuries and still is and should be.

That society has fallen apart (all sorts of unwed mothers) and refusal to take responsibility on the part of men (impregnating women who are not their wives or whom they do not marry) would cause the problem.

If you are married to a woman, her children are yours no matter if the biological progenitor is another man.

But we no longer believe in marriage or responsibilty for male heads of houselds.

[timsbella]

And your point is their dad held two jobs?

[Jaysun]

Takes two to tango, me bucko.

Short of rape, takes one to allow sexual access. The girls need raise their standards. Some suggestions might be:

Would her make a good father?
Can he support me?
Will he marry me first?

Problem solved.

[konaice]

He has accepted what happened but I can tell he does have something of a grudge against his son.

I would say his grudge is misplaced.

[tallhappy]

However, I am finding it hard to believe this is actually a "new" problem

It's not. Our civilization, which the liberals have set out to destroy, worked well in that a male had responsibility for his family and his children were those given birth to by his wife -- period.

Liberal racism and belief in genetic destiny over spiritual committment and relations, seen in all the liberal racism around, has made these things issues.

[oldfarmer]

Momma's baby, Poppa's maybe....

[tallhappy]

I fear even on a "conservative web site" we are only voices in a wilderness.

[Jaysun]

So what will prevent brother/sisters/fathers/daughters etc from having childern? Considering less that 22% of people ever leave thier hometowns, this could be a significant issue in the next few years.

Hey, where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[timsbella]

You forgot one the precursor - is he good enough to bring home to my parents?