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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

How the rise of DNA paternity tests is tearing communities apart

Moses Kutoi, a clan leader of the Bagisu people in eastern Uganda, where DNA testing is now more prolific - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of their children don’t resemble them.

For the Ugandan clan leader attuned to the wisdom of his ancestors, the matter is taboo, never to be discussed with others. Yet Kutoi feels compelled to intervene in the hope of saving marriages that sometimes turn violent and are on the verge of breaking.

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