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It's fantastic that, in this enlightened age, the simple fact that about 30% of people, across cultures, have wrong idea about their biological father, is still
by GandalfTheThird 12y ago
It's fantastic that, in this enlightened age, the simple fact that about 30% of people, across cultures, have wrong idea about their biological father, is still deeply suppressed.
This is why such ad hoc testing has been prohibited in many countries (Germany, most recently.)
Yes, about every third reader of this is deluded about her/his biological father. Deal with it.
- trevorcreech 12y agoSource? That seems absurdly high
- throwaway0010 12y agoThe source of the 30% statistic is from a selection-biased sample of people who undergo paternity testing because there is already a question as to who is the father. It's not an accurate figure. The actual rate is likely somewhere between 1-3%. More detail here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2730/whos-your-daddy http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2730/whos-your-dadd...
- clarkm 12y agoYeah, it's off by an order of magnitude. For most countries in Western Europe it's about 1%, sometimes less.
- smm2000 12y agoAlso it's significantly lower for people with college educated parents - majority of HN demographic.
- namenotrequired 12y agoOther comments[1] in this thread seem to mention very different percentages. Is there a difference between what these numbers mean that I'm not aware of? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8293282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8293282