“We can begin immediately, but I don’t want to promise a movie-style answer in an hour.”

Thank God.

A doctor who respected reality.

“We need a relationship test designed to evaluate close kinship between you and Elena.”

He looked at both of us.

“If you were her maternal half-uncle, as this family history suggests, your genetic sharing would be significantly higher than that of unrelated spouses.”

“And the baby?”

“Your daughter can be tested too if clinically necessary, but the immediate family-history question can be addressed by testing you and Elena directly.”