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If a DNA test revealed that you were not the father of your 5-10 year old child, would you feel any different about the child?

Would the many years spent with the child outweigh any personal problems you may have with non-genetic relation to the child?
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Marked as Best! November 02, 2009 04:50 PM
Interesting question. One that has always been in the back of my mind regarding my own son. I've often pondered this very scenario and thought how I would react to a DNA test proving that I'm not the biological father. My son is 13 now and I've always been very close to him. I was there the day he was born and have always felt that biological connection to him.

A DNA test could never take that away. I love my son with all my heart biological dad or not. My son has never known anyone different as a father and for me to react indifferently to a DNA test would only effect him.

No, I would not feel any different about my son should a DNA test prove me not the father.
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November 02, 2009 05:23 PM
I think it is possible to be just as close and love an adopted child as much as a child that was born to me. If it was the case I found a child I thought was biologically mine was not, it would not change the fact that I raised and cared for the child, nutured and loved him/her. I believe you don't love a child for the blood in thier veins but for the people they are and who you help them become.
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November 02, 2009 09:35 PM
Of course it is hard to say unless you are in that situation. I think I would not feel any differently towards the child. The child's mother on the other hand I would sure have to have some talks with!
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