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May 8 2012 01:55pm

Quote (Skinned @ May 8 2012 10:37am)

If he signed the birth certificate I don't think it really matters. Probably better to not test at this point...also phenotypes can be funny....all the traits you described seem like dominant traits.

Well if he really chooses to not raise the child, he has every right to be taken off the birth certificate.
But you're right if he wants to be the father it's better not to know.

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May 8 2012 07:06pm

Brown hair and brown eyes are definitely dominant traits like said by someone earlier... they occur more commonly because only one person has to contribute that trait marker to determine the feature's presence. That means your friend could potentially make blond hair blue eyed children, of course if he is holding a dominant and a recessive gene that gives him a 50/50 chance to parent a dark version of either feature...

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May 8 2012 11:15pm

Quote (Diutinus @ May 8 2012 02:55pm)

Well if he really chooses to not raise the child, he has every right to be taken off the birth certificate.
But you're right if he wants to be the father it's better not to know.

I meant that the judge may not let him remove his name and that it isn't unheard of for people who signed the birth certificate to be liable for child support even when later on it is revealed that they aren't the biological father.

If he goes the DNA route don't wait three years, do it now.

He is probably just insecure though

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May 9 2012 01:38pm

Quote (nelos1 @ May 5 2012 08:53am)

my friend asked me if it's possible to request a DNA test on his behalf to figure out if he really is the biological father of his girlfriend's kid.
he's asian and his girlfriend is Caucasian and mix with german bloodline....

he have:
thick dark hair.
dark eyebrows.
dark brown eyes.
tan skin.
slightly flat nose.

but his kid does not have the similarity or any ressemblance of him at all....
the kid just turned 2 last month.

so, if he wants to get a DNA test....does he have to get his girlfriends permission to get it?
or can he buy one of those DNA swab tests from Walgreens and send it to the lab and pay for the fee without his girlfriend knowing it?

your hair usely comes from mothers farther i think or atleast the hair line lol...and rest up in air does it really matter if he goin raise the kids?

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