• xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    that’s gotta be a scam or something… like, the woman stole some of his actual kid’s DNA from his trash, then submitted that Gattaca-style to fake the father.


    i hope i didn’t just invent a new scam….
    seems kinda more plausible, actually, otherwise why would she wait 16 years to cash in?
    a suppose the kid being 16 would guarantee no custody battle, at least.


    if that’s not an internet fantasy “a good friend”, i hope he has that dna double-checked against his own kids or double checked or something… a scammer would want to be across state lines too, as federal child support is better than a lot of states (after heard of a parent moving across state lines right after a split for this…)
    and of course, harder to fight in court.

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      3 months ago

      It’s possible she got knocked up from a spring break fling and never knew who the father was. Years later, she could have submitted her kids DNA to 23 and Me and got a match.