Jorge Barrera
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Remember this era? You are not the father.
Remember this era? You are not the father.
Those Maury Povich show episodes were some of the most brutal. The wild emotion, the public shaming, the actual fistfights.
Those Maury Povich show episodes were some of the most brutal. The wild emotion, the public shaming, the actual fistfights.
This story we're about to tell you is also about paternity tests. But these tests, they're not done for TV ratings.
This story we're about to tell you is also about paternity tests. But these tests, they're not done for TV ratings.
I'm Jorge Barrera.
I'm Jorge Barrera.
We're both journalists with the CBC News Investigative Unit.
We're both journalists with the CBC News Investigative Unit.
This is a story about people who put their faith in a laboratory that promised the definitive answer to a very important question. People who would later learn the answer was not definitive at all.
This is a story about people who put their faith in a laboratory that promised the definitive answer to a very important question. People who would later learn the answer was not definitive at all.
A pattern that messed with people's fates, triggering court cases, destroying families, and rupturing lives.
A pattern that messed with people's fates, triggering court cases, destroying families, and rupturing lives.
A few years after realizing his paternity results were wrong, John stumbles across a Facebook group. And that's when he finds out he's not alone.
A few years after realizing his paternity results were wrong, John stumbles across a Facebook group. And that's when he finds out he's not alone.
It's run by a 91-year-old racehorse aficionado.
It's run by a 91-year-old racehorse aficionado.
A self-described scientist who promised a DNA test with 99.9% accuracy.
A self-described scientist who promised a DNA test with 99.9% accuracy.