Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Twins have different fathers, judge finds in
paternity case
A DNA test seems to have proved a fact that
was not originally sought. A mother of twins wanted their father to pay child
support. A DNA test was conducted to identify the father which did but only to
one of the twins, meaning the father of the other of the twins is a different
man.
It is rare but still possible. It could
occur when there are two unfertilized eggs within a menses period, and each of
them is fertilized by a sperm of a different man. In some cases, parents or
either parent don’t or doesn’t realize that their twins are from different
fathers. But when twins look obviously different in physical characteristics
such as skin colors or facial lines, their father’s identity is questioned.
In this case, the man who was ruled to pay
$28 a week by the court, certainly the father of one of the children. Does the
man feel partly relieved or obligated? Whichever he feels, he’s now completely
responsible for one of them. Another question is, is $28 a week enough to grow
a child?
Enjoy reading and learning about this
identity crisis.
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