DNA tests show 33% of men not biological father

A DNA profiling company is testing the parentage of children at a rate of more than 300 a year and one in three tests are confirming the supposed father is not the natural parent.

The largest amount of queries received from this service are from mothers-in-law who doubt there is any blood ties with their new grandchildren.

This is according to figures released from Ormonde Quay Paternity Services (OQPS) in Dublin. It said 35% of tests carried out on children showed the wrong man was assumed to be the father.