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1 in 25 dads in UK raising child of someone else
Up to one in 25 dads could unknowingly be raising another man’s child, UK health researchers estimate.
Up to one in 25 dads could unknowingly be raising another man���s child, UK health researchers estimate. A BBC report quoting a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health said increasing use of genetic testing for medical and legal reasons means more couples are discovering the biological proof of who fathered the child.
The Liverpool John Moores University team reached its estimate based on research findings published between 1950 and 2004.
Prof Mark Bellis and his team said the implications of so-called paternal discrepancy were huge and largely ignored, even though the incidence was increasing.
In the US, the number of paternity tests increased from 142,000 in 1991 to 310,490 in 2001. Demand for testing has grown by a factor of 10 in the last decade in the UK. The current level in the UK is somewhere between 8,900 and 20,000 tests per year.
About 5,000 of these tests are instigated at the demand of child support agencies to resolve who should be paying child maintenance.
The Liverpool John Moores University team reached its estimate based on research findings published between 1950 and 2004.
Prof Mark Bellis and his team said the implications of so-called paternal discrepancy were huge and largely ignored, even though the incidence was increasing.
In the US, the number of paternity tests increased from 142,000 in 1991 to 310,490 in 2001. Demand for testing has grown by a factor of 10 in the last decade in the UK. The current level in the UK is somewhere between 8,900 and 20,000 tests per year.
About 5,000 of these tests are instigated at the demand of child support agencies to resolve who should be paying child maintenance.
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