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posted by n1 on Sunday May 17 2015, @07:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the well,-this-is-awkward dept.

An bizarre story spotted at Lowering The Bar on a paternity case in New Jersey involving a set of twins where the judge ruled that the father of one twin was not the father of the other, following DNA evidence.

In what is said to be only the third such paternity case in the U.S., a New Jersey judge ruled that a man identified as "A.S." had to pay child support for one twin but not the other, because he was not that twin's father. How is that possible? I'm sure A.S. had the same question

[...] Basically, this can happen if, in the course of about a week, one blessed event occurs, the female ovulates again, and then she has a second romantic partner who also hits the target. Scientists refer to it as "heteropaternal superfecundation" but it is known informally as Have None of These People Ever Heard of Birth Control Syndrome.

Original story at NJ.com.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Tork on Sunday May 17 2015, @10:07AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 17 2015, @10:07AM (#183999)
    By the father(s) or did you specifically mean the mother?
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @10:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @10:23AM (#184003)

    It's always the man's fault for sticking his dick where it's not wanted. All men are incurable rapists. The best solution is lock them in prison forever. All of them.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @02:00PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 17 2015, @02:00PM (#184040)

      Prison. Right. That sounds like a place where dicks are stuck where they are not wanted like all the time. But male-on-male rape is apparently okay in your book or mind.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by davester666 on Sunday May 17 2015, @06:26PM

    by davester666 (155) on Sunday May 17 2015, @06:26PM (#184128)

    yes.