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>Roughly 30% of children given paternity tests or even those who use ancestry services discover their assumed fathers... aren't. Not true in modern contexts. M
by weeznerps 1y ago
>Roughly 30% of children given paternity tests or even those who use ancestry services discover their assumed fathers... aren't.
Not true in modern contexts. Misattribution of paternity is much closer to 1-2%: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34288189/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34288189/, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237633127_How_Well_Does_Paternity_Confidence_Match_Actual_Paternity_Evidence_from_Worldwide_Nonpaternity_Rates https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237633127_How_Well_...
The 30% figure comes from men who already doubt paternity...obviously some strong selection effects there.
In addition, there are very strong cohort effects for divorce. For example, if you have a bachelors the divorce rate is more like 25%.