Alpo Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Can you do a paternity test on a fetus? You know, the girl calls you up and says, "Hey, remember that one night stand four months ago? I'm pregnant you're the father". TV show. Good girl. Got drunk and slept with the guy. Since she's a good girl, and doesn't sleep with other people, she knows he's the father, so she tells him. He's rich. He makes out a 5 million dollar trust fund in the name of the unborn baby. Now if I had five million dollars to throw around, I would make damn sure it was my kid before I went making out a trust fund. Can you check before the baby is born? Or is this just another example of television making crap up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Various tv shows say yes. But they are only tv shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 ive never played a doctor on TV [last time was off screen in the late 50s i think] so ill be interested in hearing the truth on this as well , i suspect they can but without injury ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 They can check paternity prenatal, just like they can check for any genetic characteristic. The procedure is called amniocentesis where amniotic fluid is drawn off via a needle, fetal cells are isolated, and genetic tests performed. Procedure has been around a long time. I’m not trying to start a debate on the ethics of such testing. That’s a rabbit hole we don’t need to go down in the Saloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 I'm not interested in the ethics. Just the practicality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 56 minutes ago, watab kid said: ive never played a doctor on TV [last time was off screen in the late 50s i think] So during that off screen time...Did you learn anything??? Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I got a close friend and fellow Cowboy shooter whose family knew his dad was an Earthling before he was born. Don't know how they did it, but they knew he was a human male. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 For all practical purposes, the courts would wait until the child is born and then order a DNA test. I don't think child support kicks in until the child is actually born anyway. The amniocentesis procedure involves a giant needle and is generally only used in higher risk pregnancies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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