You Are a Judge in a Civil Trial Where a Young

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Essay

You are a judge in a civil trial where a young man is attempting to prove that he is the illegitimate child of a very wealthy man who has recently died.He wishes to be included in the distribution of the wealth.After considering all the testimony about how this person was conceived,the key evidence seems to come down to two main facts.The wealthy man and the mother of the young man are both deaf but the young man is not.Therefore the lawyer of the family suggests that the wealthy man is not the father.The mother,wealthy man,and young man all have O,MM,and Rh Blood Type at the phenotypic level but a genotyping screen indicates that the wealthy man is actually I^AI^A hh blood type.How do you interpret the evidence presented and how does it influence your decision in this case?

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