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Myths of Human Genetics (2011)
- jefftk 5y agoMisleading students into thinking their parents can't be their bio-parents seems like a really important reason not to use fake examples of Mendelian traits.
- Arrath 5y agoI swear I had a middle school science teacher who viewed this as a perk of the job.
- xyzzy21 5y agoJust institute universal paternity testing and that can never happen. BTW the technology exists (and have been sold for nearly 20 years) to determine paternity, sex and genetic diseases in an infant 2-6 weeks after CONCEPTION from the mother's blood.
- Claudus 5y agoThe matriarchy would never allow that.
- sjostrom7 5y agoPaternity testing would force people to disclose to their kids if they had been adopted?
- charcoalhobo 5y agoThis isn't necessarily a bad thing—studies[1] have shown that adoption discovery between birth and two years of age may increase life satisfaction and decrease stress. The same applies to other cases where parents aren't genetically related to their children (i.e., donor egg and/or sperm). [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/adoption-disclosure-study/594496/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/adoption-...
- spfzero 5y agoIf I'm understanding you correctly, are you asking whether parents are required to tell their adoptive children that they are adopted? In the US definitely not, and I think that's probably the case most places. Whether or not the parents had a paternity test performed wouldn't have any bearing on it.