Comments on: “Jacket Children” and DNA Testing in Jamaica http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/ How will it change your life? Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:56:21 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: andrew http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-60821 andrew Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:10:24 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/#comment-60821 am just writing to find out if a child is mine but the problem is that am living in england and i dont know when i will be able to flight so am wondering how can i get it done please i need ur help am just writing to find out if a child is mine but the problem is that am living in england and i dont know when i will be able to flight so am wondering how can i get it done please i need ur help

]]> By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-16062 Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:13:52 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/#comment-16062 Note: My last comment edited for clarity. Note: My last comment edited for clarity.

]]> By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-16060 Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:09:25 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/#comment-16060 Hi Barry, I wrote a post a few months about <a href="http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/06/17/determining-paternity-without-a-dna-test">how to determine paternity without a DNA test</a> and made the point that the more heterogeneous a population, the easier it would be to determine paternity without a DNA test. In China, as in Jamaica I'm guessing, many men based on superficial appearance could appear to be any child's father! :P Hi Barry, I wrote a post a few months about how to determine paternity without a DNA test and made the point that the more heterogeneous a population, the easier it would be to determine paternity without a DNA test. In China, as in Jamaica I’m guessing, many men based on superficial appearance could appear to be any child’s father! :P

]]> By: Barry Starr http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-14635 Barry Starr Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:53:35 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/10/23/jacket-children-and-dna-testing-in-jamaica/#comment-14635 How common are social fathers in Jamaica? Is it more than the 4-5% we see here? I guess in an isolated population, even with those percentages it could be a significant genetic problem. Here in the U.S. a magazine called Men's Health published an article with a list of genetic tells that supposedly can tell if a kid is yours or not. <a href="http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=221">As I wrote about</a>, these are all pretty useless tells (except maybe blood type) but it does show that jacket children are a concern here in the U.S. as well. How common are social fathers in Jamaica? Is it more than the 4-5% we see here? I guess in an isolated population, even with those percentages it could be a significant genetic problem.

Here in the U.S. a magazine called Men’s Health published an article with a list of genetic tells that supposedly can tell if a kid is yours or not. As I wrote about, these are all pretty useless tells (except maybe blood type) but it does show that jacket children are a concern here in the U.S. as well.

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