What the fuck are Montell Williams, Maury Provich and Jerry Springer going to do now that any joe shmoe can pick up a home paternity test for $29.99 at a local Rite Aid? The whole “Are you my babies daddy?” or the ever popular “Am I your babies daddy?” shows are these guys bread and butter. Sure Jerry likes to mix it up with a couple of neo-Nazis every once in a while but they all fall back on the paternity test show.
My favorite is the one where some poor 23 year old guy who probably didn’t even make it through high school has been supporting some chick and a kid he truly believes is his for 3 or 4 years. Somehow he ends on one of these shows, which should be his first sign something is wrong, and he finds out that the baby isn’t his after all. The crushed look on the guys face when Maury drops the bomb is priceless. I do feel bad for the guy but I can’t help but laugh my ass off.
Genetic testing is now available at the drugstore. A company called Sorenson Genomics has started selling a paternity test kit through Rite Aid stores in California, Oregon and Washington. It appears to be the first time a DNA test is being sold through a major pharmacy chain.
The test, sold under the brand name Identigene, has a suggested list price of $29.99, though a reporter purchased one at a Rite Aid in Santa Monica, Calif., for $19.99. There is an additional laboratory fee of $119 to have the samples analyzed.
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