Barbados: One-third of 'dads' not real fathers

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"NEARLY ONE-THIRD of the time, the man identified as the father of a child is really not.

According to findings being recorded at ChemScreen Laboratory Services Incorporated each month, in 31 per cent of the cases where the man has been named as father, he is not.

An average of eight to ten queries regarding fatherhood are made each month.

Manager of the lab, Tricia Boyce, who said it had been open "four to five years", added there were "a lot of people" unsure who the father of a baby was.

However, she said, what was interesting was that all the men seeking paternity tests were anxious that the result showed that they were indeed the child's father.

"Some of these men have built up a relationship with the child and may not want to do it, but still need to be sure," she said."