Sure-fire ways to know you where adopted : Othor Games

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:49 am

I saw this on House md,one is the chin hole,do you know any others?(specifically son-father).
Also the lenght of the foot toe.Know any others?

Off topic: also on house the "fact" that 25% of moms have their offspring with another man,and the husband never knows.

Seems logical enough,they seek the fittest male("bad boy") for reproduction purposes and they raise they're children with the "stable nice guy",the one they leech for financial and emotional stability.

I know the second part is prolly bogus.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:00 pm

So you think you might be adopted huh?

Tough break.

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:59 pm

So you think you might be adopted huh?

Tough break.

I at least hope so.

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:43 am

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=49588 (I'm still trying to find the other study that says 1 in 4)

As for adoption, the only real sure-fire way is DNA testing.

Edit: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/1-in-3-chinese-men-not-biological-father-of-his-kids_100251174.html

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:22 am

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=49588 (I'm still trying to find the other study that says 1 in 4)

As for adoption, the only real sure-fire way is DNA testing.

It's disgusting....but hey it's human nature.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:35 am

I think http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225279cef604a00e3989aaed90005-500pi pretty much counts as a clear message.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:32 am

I saw this on House md,one is the chin hole,do you know any others?(specifically son-father).
Also the lenght of the foot toe.Know any others?

Off topic: also on house the "fact" that 25% of moms have their offspring with another man,and the husband never knows.

Seems logical enough,they seek the fittest male("bad boy") for reproduction purposes and they raise they're children with the "stable nice guy",the one they leech for financial and emotional stability.

I know the second part is prolly bogus.

Wow, that's all bogus. Presence or absence of a chin dimple is variable, not strictly Mendelian. Virtually any gene that is expressed in appearance is variable in humans. And if you're seeking to find support for an inference that any particular woman availed herself of the "bad boy/stable nice guy" deception, you need to wash your mind out.

Some human traits that are definitely Mendelian are blood type (ABO, Rh), the ability to taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide), and genetic disorders such as Huntington's chorea.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:26 am

Sure-fire ways to know you where adopted:

When you're a six foot seven blond freckled full back for collage football, and you parents are Pygmy, or Asian.
You're too tall to fit in the igloo.

uh.. need any more?

No offense to asians, pygmies or inuet

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:59 am

Wow, that's all bogus. Presence or absence of a chin dimple is variable, not strictly Mendelian. Virtually any gene that is expressed in appearance is variable in humans. And if you're seeking to reach the conclusion that any particular woman availed herself of the "bad boy/stable nice guy" deception, you need to wash your mind out.

Some human traits that are definitely Mendelian are blood type (ABO, Rh), the ability to taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide), and genetic disorders such as Huntington's chorea.

My guess is that on House the team said "increased probability not your father because of X" and House then said something snarky.

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:42 pm

Ear Lobes, if yours are attached, then so should be both your parents.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:44 am

A few things. Firstly, I think the op may have confused 1 in 25 with 25%, easy enough to make that mistake. Secondly, the study in China seemed to be on those who went for tests, and weren't like, randomly picked or anything. So it could just be that men in China are better at noticing that their children aren't actualy theirs'.
Makes me remember a Jack Dee joke, explaining that he never thought he was adopted, but couldn't answer as to why he didn't look Chinese.
EDIT-On a side note, one of my sisters has no idea she's my sister. Her stepfather has no idea he's only that either. Yeah, my dad's a bastard.

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:09 pm

Look in the birth certificate?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:05 am

Eye colours - if your parents both have blue eyes, and you have brown, then you're not related to at least one of them. Don't know if this is 100% surefire, though.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:51 am

Time travel. If you watch yourself fr a few years from birth, that should give you a fairly solid idea of whether or not you were adopted.

On a sidenote, could you change your avatar, please? People may confuse the two of us, I've had the black square thing for... half a decade.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:11 am

the ability to taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide),

Cool, what's that?

Look in the birth certificate?

My birth certificate was updated when my dad adopted me. I don't think my mum actually put any father down on the original.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:33 am

I saw this on House md,one is the chin hole,do you know any others?(specifically son-father).
Also the lenght of the foot toe.Know any others?

Off topic: also on house the "fact" that 25% of moms have their offspring with another man,and the husband never knows.

Seems logical enough,they seek the fittest male("bad boy") for reproduction purposes and they raise they're children with the "stable nice guy",the one they leech for financial and emotional stability.

I know the second part is prolly bogus.

I don't think House is actually a credible source of medical, biological, genetic, or really ANY science. :biglaugh:

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:47 am

I think http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225279cef604a00e3989aaed90005-500pi pretty much counts as a clear message.

:rofl:

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:15 pm

Cool, what's that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylthiocarbamide I don't think it has any other use, but it was discovered that it tastes bitter to some people and has no taste to others. The ability to taste PTC is dominant. It was used as a marker in paternity testing until DNA testing supplanted it. There are still attempts to correlate the ability to taste PTC with other traits such as susceptibility to tobacco addiction.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:09 am

Wow, that's all bogus. Presence or absence of a chin dimple is variable, not strictly Mendelian. Virtually any gene that is expressed in appearance is variable in humans. And if you're seeking to find support for an inference that any particular woman availed herself of the "bad boy/stable nice guy" deception, you need to wash your mind out.

Some human traits that are definitely Mendelian are blood type (ABO, Rh), the ability to taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide), and genetic disorders such as Huntington's chorea.

True that. I have a friend from highschool who is the only Red Head in her entire family tree of dark haired people, Her dad thought his wife cheated until they did a DNA test.

One sure fire way to know you where adopted is to find the adoption papers.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:39 am

I saw this on House md,one is the chin hole,do you know any others?(specifically son-father).
Also the lenght of the foot toe.Know any others?

Off topic: also on house the "fact" that 25% of moms have their offspring with another man,and the husband never knows.

Seems logical enough,they seek the fittest male("bad boy") for reproduction purposes and they raise they're children with the "stable nice guy",the one they leech for financial and emotional stability.

I know the second part is prolly bogus.

1. Always take medical information from fictional, scripted TV shows. It's surely as good a source for reliable medical information as a chin dimple is or indicating paternity.
2. You reeeeaaaalllllyy need to make an effort to meet better women than the ones you seem to have run into at present. Or, barring that, stop making ridiculous generalizations about women and "bad boys: vs. the so-called nice guys.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:11 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylthiocarbamide I don't think it has any other use, but it was discovered that it tastes bitter to some people and has no taste to others. The ability to taste PTC is dominant. It was used as a marker in paternity testing until DNA testing supplanted it. There are still attempts to correlate the ability to taste PTC with other traits such as susceptibility to tobacco addiction.

Oh, so my plan to use it as a eugenics sprinkling on doughnuts falls by the wayside.

"This doughnut is tasteless!"

"not my fault you have inferior genes".

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:03 pm

Oh, so my plan to use it as a eugenics sprinkling on doughnuts falls by the wayside.

"This doughnut is tasteless!"

"not my fault you have inferior genes".

Except it tastes bad.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:15 am

Eye colours - if your parents both have blue eyes, and you have brown, then you're not related to at least one of them. Don't know if this is 100% surefire, though.

I'll have to check that with my imaginary punnett square......yep, that's right seeing as blue eyes are recessive. This is only if both your parents have blue eyes though.

Edit: spelling

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:08 am

I'll have to check that with my imaginary pennant square......yep, that's right seeing as blue eyes are recessive. This is only if both your parents have blue eyes though.

are you sure, what are the parents of their parents, there is still a chance they may have brown eyes even if the parents have blue eyes if i remember right..

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:02 pm

are you sure, what are the parents of their parents, there is still a chance they may have brown eyes even if the parents have blue eyes if i remember right..

B=brown b=blue

A bb male mates with bb female, all possible outcomes:
bb bb
bb bb

I think that's right, correct me if I'm wrong.