• doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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    Almost a third of paternity tests come back as not the father. To be clear, that is among people who have reason to take a paternity tests, not all fathers.

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      Or to put it another way, only 1/3 of people with reason to doubt paternity have a good reason to doubt.

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        1 year ago

        Probably mostly true but sometimes there are legal or other reasons where tests are performed in the absence of doubt.

        Edit: also the mother could have admitted to cheating but was sleeping with more than person so there could be good reason to doubt and still have positive paternity.