Firm reveals 'mammy syndrome'

Mothers who refuse to believe their sons have fathered illegitimate children are among the most popular users of DNA paternity test services, it has been revealed.

A leading paternity testing company claimed its business has rocketed by 80% over the last year in no short measure because of the "great Irish mammy syndrome".
Brian O'Dwyer, operations director of the Dublin-based Ormonde Quay Paternity Services (OQPS), said potential grandmothers contact the company in their droves to find out how to disprove allegations their son had casual sex. "It's the great Irish mammy syndrome. I have had an astonishing number of calls from mothers who believe the girl is not telling the truth," said O'Dwyer.
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