[JudyKayTee]

True, but it's hard to imagine how he would get a saliva sample. It's done on TV using subtrafuge, but ...

Generally he would have to be in the same place with the child and then steal a baby bottle or something. :)

Not that I have any experience in this type of thing but a friend's dog told me that you swish the swab around in the baby's (drooling) mouth and that's that.

As I said, not that I would know.

And, yes, the argument would be that it was the dog's saliva.

[Alty]

My boyfriend of almost 9 years denies sleeping with this girl

I'm a bit confused. Why does he want a DNA test when he didn't have sex with her? You stated that he wants to know if he's the father. Well, in order for him to be the father, he'd have to have had sex with this woman. If he didn't, which is what you said in your original post, then I don't understand what the issue is.

[JudyKayTee]

I'm a bit confused. Why does he want a DNA test when he didn't have sex with her? You stated that he wants to know if he's the father. Well, in order for him to be the father, he'd have to have had sex with this woman. If he didn't, which is what you said in your original post, then I don't understand what the issue is.

Good point - excellent point, in fact - but I read that the "father" wants the DNA test in connection with the mother naming the child after him and what can he do about it - ? The answer, of course, is nothing.

Maybe the DNA will prove he's not the father.

I think the "average" person would simply say he's not the father and see if the mother pursues a Court action.

But then again - who knows.

[DoulaLC]

Does he want the test done or do you want the test done? If he didn't sleep with her, end of story. He has nothing to worry about and the two of you shouldn't be concerned about it.

However if you don't believe him about not sleeping with her, perhaps you want the test done.

Odd that the baby sometimes goes to his mother's house if he can't be the father since he didn't sleep with her. How is she the grandmother if he is not the father?

[ScottGem]

Does he want the test done or do you want the test done?

However if you don't believe him about not sleeping with her, perhaps you want the test done.

Bingo!

Odd that the baby sometimes goes to his mother's house if he can't be the father since he didn't sleep with her. How is she the grandmother if he is not the father??

Another good question.

[JudyKayTee]

Well, "Doula" certainly summed it all up - and very well.