pater semper incertus est
Latin
Phrase
- "The father is always uncertain" (i.e., the identity of a child’s father is always in question)
Freud in Family Romances (1909) states that pater semper incertus est while the mother is certissima –
Note: at the present time Genealogical DNA testing can establish paternity with certainty.
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