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Ask Amy: I panicked when I saw this link on my husband’s DNA profile

By Mercury News, 11/21/2021 \”…He hadn’t yet chosen the option to find family members. The very first family connection was for his biological father, which was a different name than the dad he knows…\” Read the entire article: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/21/ask-amy-i-panicked-when-i-saw-this-link-on-my-husbands-dna-profile/ info

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After her father claims she isn’t his, the internet backs a teen who refuses to take a paternity test.

By Washington News Day, 12/01/2021 \”…According to Jared Rosenthal, CEO and creator of Health Street, “up to 1 in 3 men who suspect they are not the father are correct,” and roughly 3% of all fathers in the United States are raising children who are not their own. According to Rosenthal, these guys have been

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These women were friends for 8 years before discovering that they were actually biological sisters

By Kelly Burch – Insider, 11/22/2021 \”…Madison and Tinetti were always close, but learning that they were biological siblings cemented their bond…\” Read the entire article: https://www.insider.com/friends-found-out-they-were-biological-sisters-2021-11 info

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Devastated\’ Widower Takes a Paternity Test after Reading His Late Wife\’s Final Letter

By Rita Kumar – Amomama, 12/13/2021 \”…Ten months after his wife died, a widower plucked up the courage to unfold the final letter she wrote for him before she died. After reading her soul-crushing confession, he hurried to take a paternity test…\” Read the entire article: https://news.amomama.com/283965-devastated-widower-takes-a-paternity-tes.html info

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Linda Hoffman, Harriet Carter, Separated at Birth, Meet for First Time After 73 Years

By Anabelle Doliner  – Newsweek, 12/13/2021 \”… The rise of genealogy websites and at-home DNA testing has made a remarkable impact on countless individuals who have, for one reason or another, lost contact with relatives. At the same time, this increasingly-accessible technology can cause controversy by unearthing long-held family secrets and other unknowns…\” Read the

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Parents Prevail In ‘Savior Sibling’ IVF Mix-Up Lawsuit

By Above The Law 12/01/2021 \”…Unfortunately, by error, the Brussels clinic transferred a nonmatching embryo, instead of the matching embryo. The transfer resulted in twins(!) for the couple — but neither twin was a donor match for their firstborn…\” Read the entire article: https://abovethelaw.com/2021/12/parents-prevail-in-savior-sibling-ivf-mix-up-lawsuit/?utm_campaign=Above%20the%20Law%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=190189750&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–5wsF_tT6BUFos_K6NL8VUN_r9g89gg1ud5E6U5VSYPFYOkPnWmLdj6etHx7B7V5aD53DvbgvTemsQ0mgwZy8ub_eyYw&utm_content=190189750&utm_source=hs_email&rf=1 WAPF Commentary: In the United States, purposeful paternity fraud rarely results in compensation

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Paternity fraud or \’jacket\’ — should we let sleeping dogs lie?

By Jamacia Observer, 11/16/2021 \”…Jamaicans are wont to joke about issues of paternity, or \’jacket\’ as it is popularly called, but there is nothing funny about Government backbencher Mr Heroy Clarke\’s plan to bring to Parliament a motion calling for DNA paternity testing at birth…\” Read the entire article: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/paternity-fraud-or-jacket-should-we-let-sleeping-dogs-lie-_236372 info

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Man Gets All His Children DNA-Tested after Eldest Daughter Shows Him Her DNA Test Result

By Rita Kumar – Amomama, 11/21/2021 \”…A dad raised five beautiful children for 30 years. He never doubted his paternity. One day, his eldest daughter showed him the results of her ancestry test. It turned out he wasn’t her biological father…\” Read the entire article: https://news.amomama.com/282678-man-children-his.html info

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‘I took a DNA test and found a new family’: the drama and joy of meeting long-lost relatives

By Michael Segalov – The Guardian, 11/21/2021 \”…Once again I tracked down the man my mum said was my dad and asked him to do a DNA test. The results came back: there was a 0% chance we were related. I’d been right all along…\” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family info

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Home DNA tests can lead to shock and trauma, but mental health resources are scarce

By Aparna Nathan – The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/28/2021 \”…She had no African ancestry, which didn’t just mean that her racial identity was shattered: it also meant that the person she had thought of as her father must not be her biological father. The person in the mirror was now a stranger to her…\” Read the

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