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Rare Case of Twins With Two Biological Fathers

TwinsA New Jersey set of twins has been found to be the children of two different fathers after a judge ordered a DNA test to the determine paternity. This occurrence has been found to occur in only 1 of 13,000 births with only a handful of cases per year. The judge ordered the birth certificate father to provide support for one child only and was hit with a liability of $28 per week.

See James Kleimann, 1 Womb, 2 Dads: Judge Rules Man Must Only Support One Twin, NJ.com, May 7, 2015.