Genetics can be a strange thing. Mom and dad both have jet black hair and baby arrives with a thick crop of fiery, red strands. Or, the infant enters the world with piercing blue eyes, despite their biological parents having brown eyes. Some may scream “infidelity!” but a DNA test can prove that’s definitely not the case.
Ask one guy, who insisted on a paternity test for his middle son. The man has been married for over a decade but has always been suspicious because, “he just doesn’t have any of my family features.” He was somewhat relieved when the test proved the child is in fact his. But it was short-lived… His wife is livid that he’d accuse her of cheating, and she wants a divorce.
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The results brought him relief but now, his family wants nothing to do with him
He again tried, and failed, to explain why a paternity test was necessary
People refused to buy into the man’s sob story and weren’t afraid to say it
He provided an update a few months later, revealing that things didn’t go his way after speaking to his wife
“You are a terrible husband and father”: if he was looking for sympathy, he did not find it online
He later revealed that he’d tried to force his wife and child to spend time with him
The man kept trying to justify his actions by explaining that the middle child looks nothing like him
Siblings don’t always look like each other and here’s why, according to experts
A child inherits DNA from both biological parents. He or she can look a lot like their mother, or their father, but sometimes they don’t closely resemble either. At the same time, siblings can look very similar or nothing alike. That’s because each child is their own randomly selected genetic combination.
“Biological children share 50% of their DNA with each of their birth parents and siblings from the same parents, so there’s plenty of room for variation. If blood-related siblings end up looking alike, the mix of genes they inherited from their parents were similar,” explains Parents.com. “But each child may also get genetic ‘instructions’ for different features. For instance, a firstborn child may have one parent’s lips, while the youngest may get their lips from the other parent.”
When it comes to hair color, we inherit multiple gene pairs, each with one gene from each parent.
“For example, a baby who inherits 10 gene pairs has a total of 20 different genes that could affect their hair color and type,” says Michael Begleiter, a genetic counselor at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri.
It’s possible for two brunette parents to have a blonde baby. That’s because both parents carry recessive blonde genes among their dominant brown ones, but only their light-colored genes were passed on.
Similarly, a mother and father can both have brown eyes, while one of their children has green or blue eyes.
“At least two genes influence the eye shade that develops, and each can come in two forms, also known as alleles: one that has brown and blue versions, and one that has green and blue versions,” say the experts. “A baby’s eye color will depend on the combination of alleles they inherit from each parent.”
Environmental factors can also play a part in siblings not looking the same, especially when it comes to height. According to the team at Heritage Consulting Genealogy Research Services, if a person was undernourished during puberty, it is likely that they will be shorter than a sibling who wasn’t.
“Other things that can be affected by the environment include weight, personality, and intellect,” notes that site.
People had harsh words for the husband and accused him of being self-absorbed
