# What would a world with mandatory DNA testing of all children be like?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-world-with-mandatory-dna-testing-of-all-children-be-like/480372 "2009-01-08T14:35:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-world-with-mandatory-dna-testing-of-all-children-be-like/480372/121 "2009-01-10T22:20:56Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> Maybe I just don’t get why biology is such an important concept..

The part about being lied to by the mother, and the child having half of her genes? 🙂

kidding, kidding…  
Yeah, switched kids thing, that would be tough. But would be prevented with DNA testing at birth. 🙂

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