From: myths@ic24.net   
      
   THoigh I doubnt On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:48:28 +0000, Ian Goddard   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 15/11/19 14:50, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:   
   >> there are at least two other men with the right Y chromosome that can   
   >> help, her father-in-law or a brother-in-law. In either case the man   
   >> would probably be anxious to keep it secret to preserve the honour of   
   >> the family.   
   >   
   >It's only recently that the idea of "the right Y chromosome" would have   
   >had any meaning.   
      
   I agree about DNA being a new idea.   
      
   Even with blood groups,  my husband and my blood groups were such that   
   it is unlikely a non-paternal event would have been spotted.   
      
   But  family features could reasonably be expected if the husband or   
   one of his near-kin was the father.   
      
   However, I slightly doubt that it was a frequent choice.  Apart from   
   anything else, unless certain that the husband's near-kin would keep   
   it secret, even when drunk, whether or not he agreed to "help", the   
   wife could not afford to raise the topic.   
      
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