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    After a DNA test in the course of establishing that her ex was the father of her children, it was found that the DNA showed him to be the father - but not that she was the mother. The birth of her next child soon after was carefully observed, and DNA tests performed. The results were the same - the DNA test said she wasn't the mother! Who was this, and how could this be?

    Question #88419. Asked by Baloo55th. (Nov 12 07 1:30 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Lydia Fairchild couldn't prove her kids were her own through a simple DNA test. She fought in court to keep her children. Finally, doctors told her she had a rare disorder, chimera.


    http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2315693&page=1

    Nov 12 07, 1:33 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Nice one! (Not the disorder, though.) Chimerism is where someone carries two sets of DNA. A quote from Wikipedia : "An analogy is two jigsaw puzzles cut using an identical cutter, but with different pictures. A single puzzle can be made out of the mis-matched parts, but the completed puzzle will show parts of both pictures."
    The male tortoiseshell cat is a case of this, too.
    (Came across this while researching twins - a story is getting complicated...)

    Nov 12 07, 2:47 PM

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