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Jamaican lawmaker wants mandatory DNA testing at birth to combat paternity fraud
Jamaican lawmaker Heroy Clarke has vowed to continue his push for mandatory DNA testing at birth to combat the issue of paternity fraud.
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Jamaican lawmaker Heroy Clarke, Member of Parliament for St. James Central, has vowed to continue his push for mandatory DNA testing at birth to combat the issue of paternity fraud.
Clarke, who introduced the proposal in the 2021 State of the Constituency Debates, emphasized that paternity fraud is a serious issue that causes deep emotional and social repercussions for families.
“Quite a number of persons really want it to happen because we are seeing families broken because of this situation,” Clarke said. “There are men who build relationships with children who are not their own, and it is only when it goes to court that the truth comes out. By that point, families are already broken.”
Clarke’s call for DNA testing was further fueled by recent high-profile revelations that two well-known Jamaicans—an entertainer and a sports figure—discovered they were not the biological fathers of children they had been raising.
The discoveries were facilitated by 876DNA, a local DNA testing company, whose principal, Terron Dewar, revealed that nearly half (47%) of their cases returned adverse paternity results in 2024. Dewar also noted that 70% of the inquiries to his company come from women, including grandmothers, sisters, and partners seeking clarification for the men in their lives.
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