In my novel, a main character is a chimera. He has two different colored eyes (one blue, one green.) A blood test reveals that his daughter's blood type is incompatible with his own type. So therefore, she must not be his daughter. FURTHER tests, of the DNA variety, reveal that a sibling of his MUST be the father, not him.
I got the idea for this story from this case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild
There was also Discovery special in which a person found out, through a DNA test, that his children identified as being the offspring of his sibling, even though he knew for a fact that he was the father.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0035VWZPO/?tag=absowrit-20
This is the basis for part of my novel.
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If you found out that your blood/DNA test indicated that your child was NOT your child, how far would you go in trying to get to the bottom of this? My character, so far in the plot, decides that the tests must be wrong. His wife was alone on a boat with him, on vacation, when the daughter was conceived, so he is convinced she was faithful.
Would you dig and dig, until you had all the answers? He doesn't particularly care to find out the truth.
I want to reveal much later in the novel that he is a chimera. Not at the beginning. Does this make sense?
If a DNA test revealed that a girl's uncle was her likely father, would a doctor immediately surmise (and tell a patient) '...well, you must be a chimera! Or else, someone was unfaithful.' Do ALL doctors know about this phenomenon? Would most doctors do all they could to provide answers? It is more convenient for me, as the writer, if they do not, but is that believable?
Questions, questions...please help me think through this. I don't know if the 'blood test' thing makes sense, really. I have scanned some medical journals where 'blood chimerism' was discussed but I am worried this all sounds a bit too far-fetched to really convince anyone.
Thanks...
I got the idea for this story from this case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild
There was also Discovery special in which a person found out, through a DNA test, that his children identified as being the offspring of his sibling, even though he knew for a fact that he was the father.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0035VWZPO/?tag=absowrit-20
This is the basis for part of my novel.
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If you found out that your blood/DNA test indicated that your child was NOT your child, how far would you go in trying to get to the bottom of this? My character, so far in the plot, decides that the tests must be wrong. His wife was alone on a boat with him, on vacation, when the daughter was conceived, so he is convinced she was faithful.
Would you dig and dig, until you had all the answers? He doesn't particularly care to find out the truth.
I want to reveal much later in the novel that he is a chimera. Not at the beginning. Does this make sense?
If a DNA test revealed that a girl's uncle was her likely father, would a doctor immediately surmise (and tell a patient) '...well, you must be a chimera! Or else, someone was unfaithful.' Do ALL doctors know about this phenomenon? Would most doctors do all they could to provide answers? It is more convenient for me, as the writer, if they do not, but is that believable?
Questions, questions...please help me think through this. I don't know if the 'blood test' thing makes sense, really. I have scanned some medical journals where 'blood chimerism' was discussed but I am worried this all sounds a bit too far-fetched to really convince anyone.
Thanks...