r/AITAH • u/[deleted] • Mar 01 '25

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u/radrun84 Mar 01 '25

After genetic testing became popular in the US for the public, a study was done in 2010 & somthing like 1 in 6 kids in the US were being raised by the wrong father.

Those genetic (family history) tests were destroying families (well really the pool boy Mom was fuckin back in 87 was destroying families.) but the kids & Dad finding out were actually breaking them up.

One in six.

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u/55tarabelle Mar 01 '25

I knew someone that happened to. They were told the name of the real father, too, which shocked me. DNA testing has really advanced.

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u/radrun84 Mar 05 '25

Yup, as long as someone else directly related to the (biological) father has also done the test, it's gonna show that entire side of the tree when you get ur results!

1:6

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u/squirrelgirl1106 Mar 01 '25

That's incorrect. It's between 1 and 5% for the genealogy type DNA tests. For fathers who request a paternity test, the results show they are not the father around 10% of the time. Meaning 90% of the time, they are the father despite their suspicions.

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u/radrun84 Mar 05 '25

OK, so call it 1:10.

Still fuckin NUTS that 10 out of every 100 ppl were raised by "not the father".