# Child is born of a one night stand - would you tell him?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 25, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-is-born-of-a-one-night-stand-would-you-tell-him/530347 "2010-02-25T02:16:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-is-born-of-a-one-night-stand-would-you-tell-him/530347/61 "2010-03-03T17:38:16Z")

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> [@Electric\_Warrior](#):
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> I did plan for her to tell the rocker that he has a kid, because she is going to make him get medical records from his family - but now it’s just occurred to me that perhaps he wouldn’t be legally allowed to give her his medical records unless his name is on the birth certificate.

Privacy laws don’t prevent you from divulging your private information to anyone you choose. The laws prevent third parties from sharing your information without your permission.

For example, if Rocker willingly agrees to hand over his medical records, he may do so. But if he doesn’t want to, Ms. OneNightStand can not compell him to even if his name was on the birth certificate.

It’s also not likely that anyone would actually go through the effort of collecting all of their medial records, or even know how to go about it. Plus, a whack of those records are probably not relevant to offspring as far as any need-to-know scenario. Eg/ If rocker got his junk surgically enhanced so he looked _extra_-manly onstage in his tight rocker pants, his kid doesn’t need to know it. It doesn’t affect the kid, it’s no one else’s business, and Rocker may wish that to be kept quiet.

If Ms. OneNight asks nicely, it’s Rocker’s prerogative to divulge any hereditary conditions he may know about in his family history.

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**Author:** ![specs11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@specs11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/specs11)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-is-born-of-a-one-night-stand-would-you-tell-him/530347/62 "2014-08-11T21:22:20Z")

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@Electric Warrior. Your story sounds interesting. What will it be called? Is it your first book?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-is-born-of-a-one-night-stand-would-you-tell-him/530347/63 "2014-08-11T21:50:36Z")

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> [@specs11](#):
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> @Electric Warrior. Your story sounds interesting. What will it be called? Is it your first book?

You revived a dead thread, and **Electric Warrior** hasn’t posted on this board since February.

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