Not common but certainly not unknown. We all ovulate monthly, usually from alternating ovaries. Some months, each ovary releases an egg. If we have multiple partners during this time, each egg released can be fertilized separately and then develop as fraternal twins. Identical twins come from a division in one one fertilized egg.
It is kind of a soap opera scenario but any of us who have too many dates in one day actually run this risk. Not a few women have taken this risk, hopefully with protection and a good cleansing in between.
In cats, many litters have multiple fathers. The cat uterus has two branches called horns where the kittens develop. The eggs in each horn can be fertilized by successive partners - common in cats.
Brandy thats interesting information and a good way to look objectively at it! The reason I say its very day time soap opera esque is my wife watches one where there is this exact story!
I remember I told a friend about this and they thought it was not possible as much as I tried to explain it was possible they did not believe me.
It came out on the news and now they believe it. I bet there is more cases out their but sense people think it is not possible they don’t think of the possibilities.
The medical literature cites many cases of this. It is very likely that some women never know and even less likely that the men are aware that they are fathers. DNA testing has proven some cases.
It's probably not as rare as we think it is. Men typically have no idea that the kids they're raising are not their own. Probably because the mother has such a strong interest in the better provider never finding out. The rarity in this case is due entirely from the probability of two eggs being in the ducts at the same time.
According to the geneticist at the children's hospital in Toronto (where most of the major genetic problems are treated for kids) about 15% of ALL genetic patterns that she comes across are impossible from the genotypes of the parents. Meaning both 'parents' submitted samples to help figure out the chances that they passed some disorder onto the kid, and then she discovers that there's no way the guy that thinks he's the dad is the dad.
She is not allowed to tell the father. Because the child is their patient, and due to child welfare laws, they are not allowed to tell the man that thinks he's the father of their discovery - she says that it is pretty evenly distributed between "trailer-trash" types that you'd think would be commiting this type of infidelity and normal people.
To go beyond that, pretty much every jurisdiction has it so that unless the man that thinks he's the father detects the paternity fraud within the first year or so, he "assumes" the role of father, and will be on the hook for child support...
It sounds like a story right out of a day time soap opera.
Not common but certainly not unknown. We all ovulate monthly, usually from alternating ovaries. Some months, each ovary releases an egg. If we have multiple partners during this time, each egg released can be fertilized separately and then develop as fraternal twins. Identical twins come from a division in one one fertilized egg.
It is kind of a soap opera scenario but any of us who have too many dates in one day actually run this risk. Not a few women have taken this risk, hopefully with protection and a good cleansing in between.
In cats, many litters have multiple fathers. The cat uterus has two branches called horns where the kittens develop. The eggs in each horn can be fertilized by successive partners - common in cats.
Brandy thats interesting information and a good way to look objectively at it! The reason I say its very day time soap opera esque is my wife watches one where there is this exact story!
wow, now thats IS a one-in-a-million
I remember I told a friend about this and they thought it was not possible as much as I tried to explain it was possible they did not believe me.
It came out on the news and now they believe it. I bet there is more cases out their but sense people think it is not possible they don’t think of the possibilities.
The medical literature cites many cases of this. It is very likely that some women never know and even less likely that the men are aware that they are fathers. DNA testing has proven some cases.
wow, that does seem rare, Ive never heard of anything like this happening.
well this seriously should be sent to hollywood and have them make yet another movie with drama, romance and a comedic twist. hehe.
its seems to be a rare situation, but shit happens.
I had no idea that was possible!
I heard about this back in school! Amazing!
It's probably not as rare as we think it is. Men typically have no idea that the kids they're raising are not their own. Probably because the mother has such a strong interest in the better provider never finding out. The rarity in this case is due entirely from the probability of two eggs being in the ducts at the same time.
According to the geneticist at the children's hospital in Toronto (where most of the major genetic problems are treated for kids) about 15% of ALL genetic patterns that she comes across are impossible from the genotypes of the parents. Meaning both 'parents' submitted samples to help figure out the chances that they passed some disorder onto the kid, and then she discovers that there's no way the guy that thinks he's the dad is the dad.
She is not allowed to tell the father. Because the child is their patient, and due to child welfare laws, they are not allowed to tell the man that thinks he's the father of their discovery - she says that it is pretty evenly distributed between "trailer-trash" types that you'd think would be commiting this type of infidelity and normal people.
To go beyond that, pretty much every jurisdiction has it so that unless the man that thinks he's the father detects the paternity fraud within the first year or so, he "assumes" the role of father, and will be on the hook for child support...
Messed up stuff.
Whoa that is steep.