Category Archives: Fatherhood

Who’s your daddy? Don’t ask a DNA test

Mater certissima est – the mother is always certain.

The Facebook group of the Guild of One-Name Studies posted a link to an article by Nara Milanich entitled “Who’s your daddy? Don’t ask a DNA test.” It raises interesting questions about parentage. What is a father? Is biology the only way of determining who someone’s father is?

How many of the fathers listed in the Whipple One-Name Study database (https://whipple.one-name.net/tng) are biological?

What do you think? Take a look at https://bigthink.com/health/fathers-dna-test/