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That's interesting, but you should specify that "private DNA paternity testing is illegal". Testing can still be mandated by a judge.

• HenryBemis 7y ago
  With the track record of French politicians, it is no surprise that politicians would dislike paternity DNA testing!!! From wikipedia regarding François Mitterrand [0]: He also had two children as results of extra-marital affairs: an acknowledged daughter, Mazarine (born 1974), with his mistress Anne Pingeot, and an unacknowledged son, Hravn Forsne (born 1988), with Swedish journalist Christina Forsne. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand
• dogma1138 7y ago
  And to be fair there are many places including like half of US states where a paternal test if not court ordered requires the consent of both parents listed on the birth certificate. And to get a court mandate in such cases where you think the child might not be yours you must basically "prove" the mother had to opportunity to cheat on you and that it could have resulted in the conception, and even then it may not exempt you from paying child support if you are listed as the father on the birth certificate you may only be able to claim them back from the biological father if you ever find him.
  • busymom0 7y ago
    It's not just paternity tests in France though. Even simple ancestry tests are illegal there.