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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 57 points 2 months ago (22 children)

I have a half-sibling who took one of those tests not knowing his parents went to a sperm bank due to fertility issues, so he assumed his mom had an affair (and he's not the youngest child). The rest of us all knew I think (except the sperm donor's actual child). Fortunately, he had another one of my half-siblings reach out to him to explain it.

Also "Turned out my father isn't my real dad" is BS. Genetic test results are useless for determining such.

[–] cameron_@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (16 children)

Genetic tests can be used to determine paternity though?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_paternity_testing

Maybe you are referring to a specific type of test?

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Those tests are how we know who our formerly anonymous sperm donor is and how a bunch of us half-siblings know each other. We've met the sperm donor a couple times. Seems like a cool dude mostly. But he's only one person's real dad.

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