Re: "Mommy's little Secret ".....

On Sat, 13 May 2006 02:55:20 GMT, Bigbazza commented

I found this rather long article today in this Canadian Newspaper...I
though..'WOW'...those figures are extremely large for 'misdemeanours' by
women and then 'pass' off the kids to their Husbands as their own... No
wonder that Kings and Emperors of the past expected their women to
absolutely faithful ...'Or Else' !!

http://www.canadiancrc.com/articles/Globe_and_Mail_Moms_Little_secret_14D
EC02.htm

Some of those cases of non-paternity _may_ be false negatives.

At least three cases have occurred where DNA testing 'proved' the mother
wasn't the mother, although it was known that she was - in one case because
the test were done immediately after birth. Subsequent investigations showed
that the mother was a "chimera" with different DNA in differing parts of her
body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild

A father who was a "chimera" could also get a negative DNA result.

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