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incogneato 12 points ago +13 / -1

Look up something called "telegony"

There is a reason why virtually every culture throughout history has had a strict ban on women not having premarital sex - at least, not with any man but her intended husband.

This article is a bit much - the DNA received through unprotected sex is thought to affect only the ovaries and is a factor with the first partner the woman has - but it sure does explain why high-ranking people through history demanded that a woman be a virgin at marriage. Even having been married before was a no-go, and this is why.

In the the thousands of years before blood tests and DNA tests became available, these people must have been observing something - observing that women who had had earlier partners sometimes had kids that somewhat resembled another man, either physically or mentally or both. This explains why.