My Son’s Wife Wants a Secret DNA Test

The Dr. John Delony Show

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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0:00.0	My daughter-in-law was talking to her stepmom.
0:07.5	Her response to the stepmom was, oh, I'm definitely getting a DNA test done.
0:11.3	Uh-oh.
0:12.5	And to add icing to the cake, which that's a big enough sucker, they were saying they weren't going to leave the park yet.
0:17.4	They were going to go and smoke marijuana.
0:19.5	I know what I'm saying is so hard to hear, and I'm sorry that I'm the guy saying it like this,
0:23.0	but...
0:23.3	What is going on? What's going on? This is John, the Dr. John Deloney's show, taking your calls
0:33.7	from all over the planet on your mental and emotional health, your marriage, your
0:38.8	relationships, whatever you got going on. I'll sit with you and we'll figure out what's the next
0:42.3	right move. Hope you are doing well. And man, it's just an honor that you're here. It's an honor
0:48.7	that you're here. Let's go out to Jacksonville, Florida and talk to Stephanie. What's up, Stephanie?
0:56.2	Yes, good morning. How are you? Remarkable. How are you?
1:00.4	I'm doing pretty good. Awesome. You staying out of trouble? I'm sorry. You staying out of trouble?
1:06.7	Always. Oh, that's boring. That's good, good for you.
1:11.3	What's up?
1:13.5	Yes, so I was calling because my son recently got married,
1:19.1	I said recently, but in January.
1:21.4	I don't know how long he was in the relationship with this young lady,
1:25.9	but I met her when I came by for Christmas,
1:30.1	didn't know they were living together for anything. And then a couple, maybe a week or so later,
1:35.2	he lets me know that she's pregnant. And so, you know, I decided, okay, well, you know, this
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