Comment on Anon takes a DNA test
cameron_@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoGenetic tests can be used to determine paternity though?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_paternity_testing
Maybe you are referring to a specific type of test?
Who is your father, the one you would rely on when you need a paternal figure, the dude who shoot his sperm or the dude who raised you? Hopefully both dudes are the same person but in the case they aren’t, I think the answer is clear.
I’d be surprised if adopted kids don’t consider the people who raised them as parents as their actual parents.
I mean first one might just be a father figure, second is the biological father and the third might be a step-father. All fathers of sort
You would be technically correct with the first two, but adopted kids are not step-kids. Those aren’t are legally full parents, not step-parents. Step-parents might be the boyfriend or next husband of a single mother or vice-versa, but once you are adopted, if we are getting pedantic about it, the step thing disappears.
Oh okay, i just thought it came from not being the biological father
Those tests are how we know who our formerly anonymous sperm donor is and how a bunch of us half-siblings know each other. We’ve met the sperm donor a couple times. Seems like a cool dude mostly. But he’s only one person’s real dad.
zout@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
He's referring to the fact that paternity doesn't make you a dad.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Eh we all know what anon meant
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Yes, we all get anon was also communicating that his dad didn’t contribute ~half of anon’s genetic material, but using language that also communicates that real parents should be devalued if they don’t contribute their seed and seed donors should be thought of as being more than just irrelevant seed donors.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I mean they’re the biological father
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can preach this too.