Well, we know what's happening now.
But has Michelle blown the plot, or is it a hoax? Who knows? Maybe Coronation Street will film two endings - one with Nick as the father and another with David as the daddy.
Anyway, whatever the picture might or might not tell us, it lead me to do some intense research last night (aka two minutes on Google). I wanted to find out what would happen to a DNA test when the possible father could be one of two brothers. Basically, the information Google throws up is that tests would be inconclusive, both brothers would need to be tested and the mother would need to be tested to be certain of who was the daddy.
So maybe it'll hinge on whether Kylie wants to know the truth and be tested?
But here's the thing and believe you me, I'm no expert in genetics or DNA so this is purely a soap-opera guess. As Nick and David are only half-brothers and have different dads, what if, even after tests on both brothers and on Kylie still prove inconclusive as to the baby's real dad, the only way they can find out is by going further back in the gene pool... all the way to Gail. And so the cliffhanger would start. Would Gail admit to a DNA test, if the whole who's the daddy business depends on her agreeing to the test and admitting the results?
Or has my imagination gone into overdrive? Any DNA experts out there want to give us the low down on what would really happen in such a situation?
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Since Nick and David have different fathers, wouldn't they have to test them to find a variation in the DNA? Testing Gail wouldn't solve anything, as she is mother to both? And, since Nick's father is dead, they would have to test Martin Platt (if they could find him).
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, but maybe some dirty truth would come out - that neither fathers of Nick and David were actually the real bio fathers. *gasp!!!!*
ReplyDelete~JB in Canada :-)
I said in an earlier post that, at best, the dna could show that David was 'highly likely' to be the father. If this is the case, maybe David feels this isn't enough assurance and tries to get a dna test for Nick c/o Tina's postal address. Nick is still in a coma so David sneaks into the ward to cut some of his hair. I doubt Nick would agree to a dna test when he's conscious so another scenario is David gets a sample without Nick realising it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the pic is from the internet but it looks more like Tommy's body than David's. Perhaps Tina is hinting at "who's Jake's daddy?"
ReplyDeleteI agree with Janice...I've long thought that Tommy will turn out to be little Jake's daddy.
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