Definitions
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- adjective Not of or pertaining to
paternity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But with an estimated 10 percent nonpaternity rate in the U.S., 23andMe had to expect cases would crop up.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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Over cafeteria hamburgers and hot dogs, they shared information about roadblocks they'd encountered in their ancestral paperwork -- "nonpaternity events" (polite term for an affair, for example, which may have muddied the lineage) and families that had "daughtered out" (a much-bemoaned end to the family surname).
In Our Blood 2007
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All one can do is establish a probability of nonpaternity that is low enough to satisfy the courts and, if possible, the putative father.
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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“We don’t want to dilute what we do best by doing these offshoots,” said Stephan, who also worries about potential ethical problems, from nonpaternity to informed consent.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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