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October 11, 2026

The Soap Scene

Your front row seat to daytime drama

Beyond the Gates
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Young and the Restless
Interviews

DNA Tests

Malcolm and Holden | The Young and the Restless | Photo: CBS

Soap Tropes: How DNA Tests and Paternity Reveals Change Everything in Soap Operas

DNA tests and paternity reveals have rewritten countless soap opera plots and family trees and remains a classic trope of daytime TV’s most powerful twists.

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