Considering nobody ever considers it, 1-2% is huge! 1 in every 50-100 families. How many people from different families do you know?
Even if your family isn't one of affected, I'd bet you know several people from affected families.
Even if your family isn't one of affected, I'd bet you know several people from affected families.
We're talking at least 1-2 million families that could be affected by paternity fraud in the US alone. That has the potential to be massively disruptive if exposed to these 1-2 million families.
They’re not. Rates of extra paternity events vary a lot by social class[1]. I'd be shocked if that wasn’t true for different ethnic groups.
[1] A Historical-Genetic Reconstruction of Human Extra-Pair Paternity
Highlights
• Combining genetic and genealogical data illuminates our ancestors’ sexual behavior
• Gene-genealogy mismatches imply extra-pair paternity (EPP)
• Historical EPP rates were low overall (∼1%) but varied depending on social context
• EPP rates were highest (∼6%) among urban families with low socioeconomic status
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221...