The Soapbox: DNA Tests Never Prove Anything edition

So, Katherine's second DNA test came back a big whopping negative today on Y&R... and, just like that, holy crap people!!! I don't believe she's Marge, so can it be possible that she and Jill are NOT mother & daughter after all? Could that original DNA test from 6 years ago be the one that was wrong? Though, come to think of it, I can't recall if they did a DNA test at all back then. Hmmmm.

Can you imagine the sheer entertainment value lurking in the tragedy of Jill losing her mother (to supposed death), only to find out she's still alive (despite Jill's perpetual doubt and scorn on the matter), only to discover Katherine's not her mother after all... and then basically losing her all over again?

Have to say, I'm not hating the idea. Jill & Katherine have always been better adversaries than friends, even when they thought they were related. So breaking that biological connection probably wouldn't change much on a basic level... they would still share the house (Jill had half ownership before anyway... sorry, Esther), most likely continue to work together (Jill originally had Jabot privileges because of John Abbott, not Katherine), and still possess lives hopelessly enmeshed and entangled in each other's. They would still drive each other bonkers and maybe Jill would even try to steal that sweet guy Murphy away. This all sounds like fundamental Jill-Katherine stuff... stuff that's going to happen whether or not they're actually mother & daughter.

But... there could be some other, more interesting side effects here. Both Billy & Cane would no longer be Katherine's biological grandchildren. And Delia would be exclusively an Abbott and not technically a Chancellor at all (though maybe still something of an adopted Chancellor because of Esther... sorry, Jill).

And yet, here comes the most intriguing possibility of all... Mac could come back! Squeeeeeee! She and Billy would no longer be, ahem, cousins, and Billy could piece back together the sanity that once was his. Come on, I think that's all they need to know.

Today's recap here.