I have an idea for a story in which case, a couple, well their relationship was on the fritz, the lady went out, had a little too much to drink and had a one-night-stand. It was a completely meaningless one-night-stand and she practically forgot about it and later when she discovered she was pregnant, she assumed her husband was the father.
Years later, some routine bloodwork (the kid's a high-functioning autistic but suffers from nothing else really) reveals that her husband isn't the kid's biological father, which sets in motion an ugly divorce. My question is what kind of bloodwork could unintentionally reveal the truth about a kid's paternity? I've considered using the blood type trick--I heard somewhere a kid will either have his mother's blood type or his daddy's, none of that recessive/dominant stuff usually seen in genetics--but I'm not one hundred percent sure on that theory. Anybody wanna help me out?
Years later, some routine bloodwork (the kid's a high-functioning autistic but suffers from nothing else really) reveals that her husband isn't the kid's biological father, which sets in motion an ugly divorce. My question is what kind of bloodwork could unintentionally reveal the truth about a kid's paternity? I've considered using the blood type trick--I heard somewhere a kid will either have his mother's blood type or his daddy's, none of that recessive/dominant stuff usually seen in genetics--but I'm not one hundred percent sure on that theory. Anybody wanna help me out?