Procreation and paternity

Procreation

From time to time, you will come across a family with one or more of the children standing out a little, thus putting the paternity into question. Rather than upsetting the apple cart you say nothing. Cuckolding seems to be prevalent in more than just the bird species. There is a devious mechanism at work, surreptitious and inspired. You could be having sex with your partner every night and no conception, but the extra single event with someone else hits bang on. The egg is held at the top of the tube in a waiting state for a short while and can be subconsciously released spontaneously to fuse with the seed of an interloper. We may consider the individual to be of fine breeding material but unlikely to hang around for years providing for the child. In truth it is invariably someone that is a major turn on. The one with the high calibre seed provides the nature and the long-term partner provides the long period of nurture. Rather than an affair, it is more often than not, a single one-off brief encounter that is not even consciously controlled. The cohabitee is unlikely to suspect a thing. Biology has gone down a path of genius that only becomes unravelled in the modern must behave society. Our world can fall apart once we uncover truths, but the genetics may only account for half of the sum total of the child. Where one hasn’t made an input in the genes, they can more than compensate by the years of effort nurturing and adding to a child’s development. Those bringing them up impart ideas and show them things that form a massive part of their character. I will reiterate this too; a child is only half yours genetically - half your partners. A grandchild a quarter and so on until ten generations later it becomes less than a thousandth of you left.

There are untold genetic related problems when interbreeding within the near family and strength when far removed. Biology enables children to have children. Adults leave it and leave it thinking it will be fine. It is not always fine. They assumed incorrectly that they will be able to have a child later in life. The probability of success drops as each year passes. Birth defects, miscarriages and other problems rise dramatically the older we as parents become.

Circumstances is all. We may have more energy when we are younger, but in our youth, we are most likely working hard, building a home and under strain. This can create a bitterness about not being able to ‘enjoy’ their children at the time due to this pressure. Perhaps that is why we can take on the role of a grandparent in such a relaxed way or grab the option gladly of having a child mid-life and beyond.