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ReviewAmerican journal of human genetics2025

Misattributed paternity discovery: A critique of medical organizations' recommendations.

Richard Wenzel, Gina Daniel, Jodi Girard, Lily Wood, Eve Sturges

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Review in American journal of human genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Misattributed Paternity: Why Truth Must be Pursued.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Richard WenzelWhitestown, IN, USA. Electronic address: npeadvocate@gmail.com.
Gina DanielGraystone Mental Health and Wellness Group, Camp Hill, PA, USA.
Jodi GirardKansas City, MO, USA.
Lily WoodPlymouth, MN, USA.
Eve SturgesMagpieLife Psychotherapy, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The five authors recently discovered their misattributed paternity (MP), two ascertaining that, decades ago, their pediatricians abetted the paternity deception. From their unique perspective, the authors critique medical organizations' current MP discovery guidance, identifying shortcomings, contradictions, and clinical and legal hazards. They also discuss opportunities to improve MP discovery management.

Indexed as

PaternitySocieties, MedicalFemaleHumansMaledisclosuregenetic testingmisattributed paternity

Identifiers

PMID39904342
PMCPMC11947169

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