[HN Gopher] Myths of Human Genetics (2011)
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       Myths of Human Genetics (2011)
        
       Author : apsec112
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2021-08-09 06:29 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | jefftk wrote:
       | Misleading students into thinking their parents can't be their
       | bio-parents seems like a really important reason not to use fake
       | examples of Mendelian traits.
        
         | xyzzy21 wrote:
         | Just institute universal paternity testing and that can never
         | happen.
         | 
         | BTW the technology exists (and have been sold for nearly 20
         | years) to determine paternity, sex and genetic diseases in an
         | infant 2-6 weeks after CONCEPTION from the mother's blood.
        
           | Claudus wrote:
           | The matriarchy would never allow that.
        
           | sjostrom7 wrote:
           | Paternity testing would force people to disclose to their
           | kids if they had been adopted?
        
             | charcoalhobo wrote:
             | This isn't necessarily a bad thing--studies[1] have shown
             | that adoption discovery between birth and two years of age
             | may increase life satisfaction and decrease stress.
             | 
             | The same applies to other cases where parents aren't
             | genetically related to their children (i.e., donor egg
             | and/or sperm).
             | 
             | [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/adop
             | tion-...
        
             | spfzero wrote:
             | If I'm understanding you correctly, are you asking whether
             | parents are required to tell their adoptive children that
             | they are adopted? In the US definitely not, and I think
             | that's probably the case most places.
             | 
             | Whether or not the parents had a paternity test performed
             | wouldn't have any bearing on it.
        
               | sjostrom7 wrote:
               | It was a rhetorical question, sorry :) It sounded like
               | they were saying that the only cause of kids being
               | confused about their biological parents was infidelity.
        
               | spfzero wrote:
               | Ah, got it.
        
         | Arrath wrote:
         | I swear I had a middle school science teacher who viewed this
         | as a perk of the job.
        
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