Some frequently cited statistics—that cases of wrongly assigned paternity make up between ten and thirty per cent of all births—are misleading, since they are often based on data from tests requested by people who already have doubts about paternity. When the data are based on studies done for other reasons (for example, to look at inherited predispositions to conditions like cystic fibrosis), the rates of misattributed paternity come in at between one and 3.7 per cent.
That answered my question, quoted in case it answers others’, too.
That makes me feel strangely better about trust. Even those who were convinced the father of their child was someone else, it was only the case 1/10 to 3/10 of the time. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t infidelity, but I thought the numbers would be higher.
I do personally think that trust shouldn’t be necessary in a system as important as parental rights and birth. The hospital should do a mandatory paternity test before any paperwork is signed, just to eliminate any doubts of responsibility and possible infidelity.
That answered my question, quoted in case it answers others’, too.
That makes me feel strangely better about trust. Even those who were convinced the father of their child was someone else, it was only the case 1/10 to 3/10 of the time. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t infidelity, but I thought the numbers would be higher.
I do personally think that trust shouldn’t be necessary in a system as important as parental rights and birth. The hospital should do a mandatory paternity test before any paperwork is signed, just to eliminate any doubts of responsibility and possible infidelity.
Guess that would put Maury out of a job though.