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paternity test

noun

  1. an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of paternity test1

First recorded in 1925–30
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A man whose ex-partner forged paternity test results to make him believe he was the father of her child said what she did had ruined his life.

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Wilband presented Mr Wheeler with a document, which purported to be a paternity test, declaring he was the father but it contained obvious errors.

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He said he would seek out a paternity test, adding it would be a “relief” not to be Dominique Pelicot’s son.

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A Barnsley man who mixed his sperm with his father's to help his partner get pregnant will not face a paternity test, a judge has ruled.

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And indeed it is: It’s an old episode of a Maury Povich-style daytime talk show, where younger, much more dissolute incarnations of the characters battle over the results of a paternity test.

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