Is Shaun really a synth?

Shaun was created at the behest of Father, the director of the Institute, and is a Gen 3 synth based on the real Shaun's DNA. Shaun is unable to age and will remain a child forever. Shaun was created not for any major research or scientific advancement, but simply on the whim of Father.
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Is the Sean at the end a synth?

So, for Kellogg, the boy in Diamond City is Shaun and Kellogg knows the age of Shaun. Another important clue is the holotape the "kid" gives you after the ending scene. This holotape says this boy is a synth programmed to be your son and he deserves to live.
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Is the old guy really Shaun in Fallout 4?

Shaun, also known as Father, is the son of the Sole Survivor and is the director of the Institute in 2287. He serves as the primary antagonist of Fallout 4 for three of the game's four endings.
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Does Sturges know he's a synth?

His status as a synth is never alluded to or mentioned in dialogue. Sturges also has the Synth trait in Fallout Shelter Online and his biography claims he is a third generation synth created by the Institute who does not know his origins.
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How can you tell if a settler is a synth?

There is a 50/50 chance that the accused is actually a synth, but the only way for the Sole Survivor to know for sure is to interrogate them (a hard dialogue check) or kill them and check the corpse for a Synth component.
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Is Kasumi a synth or not?

No she is not. She was manipulated/brainwashed into believing she was a synth to compel her to assist DiMA.
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How is Sturges a synth?

When synths are killed, they usually drop a synth component as part of their loot. Sturges drops that loot when he's killed, so the evidence points to that conclusion. However, Sturges is essential and can't be killed short of using the console (or mods) and Bethesda hasn't definitively said one way or the other.
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Can synths get pregnant in Fallout 4?

Genetics and Reproduction

Sexual reproduction among Gen 3 synth is possible, but extremely difficult, and only in certain circumstances. Female synths, while created with a functioning uterus and ovaries, typically do not have any viable ova.
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Is Preston a synth in Fallout 4?

Preston isn't a synth, he doesn't have a component in his inventory, every other character does, even if they're immortal.
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Does Paladin Danse know he's a synth?

Alternatively, they can suggest that Danse himself may not have known he was a synth. This is confirmed when the Sole Survivor confronts Danse and asks him why he had not confided in them, and is told that Danse only found out his real life story at the same time as the rest of the Brotherhood.
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How did Kellogg not age?

This means he would have been born around 2179, and is at the age of 108 by the events of Fallout 4, due to the Institute cybernetics prolonging his life.
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What happens if you say no to Shaun?

Regardless of your choices, Shaun will always die. His cancer will eventually kill him, or you will. If you pick the Brotherhood, Minutemen, or Railroad: Shaun can be found in his deathbed during the invasion of the institute.
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Can you save synth shaun Fallout 4?

Shaun (designation: S9-23) is a prototype synth created by the real Shaun and lives in the Institute, unless the Sole Survivor opts to destroy the Institute during the mission The Nuclear Option, after which he can be sent to the Commonwealth or left to die in the Institute's nuclear explosion.
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Is Father a synth Fallout 4?

As the parent was unwilling to yield Shaun to the Institute, Kellogg shot him/her and refroze the other cryo-chambers. He then returned to the Institute with Shaun. Shaun was then raised by the Institute as one of their own, His DNA was used to complete the synths, gaining him the nickname Father.
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Who is the real synth Fallout 4?

Art is a synth in the Commonwealth in 2287, with a human counterpart also known as Art. He is part of the Two Faces, One Synth random encounter.
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Why is Nick Valentine a synth?

In truth, the synth that became Nick Valentine was created over a century prior to 2287 within the Institute. He was one of two prototypes for the Gen 2 model, intended to test if and how synths could handle independent thinking and personalities.
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Can you avoid Preston in Fallout 4?

There are really two ways to stop Preston's endless tirade of settlement quests, three if you cheat. Option One is to take him as a companion and never talk to him, all he is really useful for is being an extra gun to fight for you. Option two would be to just never talk to him.
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Is Amelia a synth in Fallout 4?

Talking to Old Man Stockton to finish the quest (if siding against Covenant and skipping the optional "talk to Honest Dan" part of the quest), if the Sole Survivor is part of the Railroad, reveals that Amelia is not his daughter (or an Institute synth replacement of his daughter) but a synth that the Railroad had freed ...
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Who in the Brotherhood is a synth?

If you go through the Brotherhood of Steel questline, you'll notice the BoS learns that Danse is a synth, right down to the specific serial number.
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What happens if you tell Avery she's a synth?

If one presents this evidence to the synth Avery, she will come to realize the truth that her own mind has been altered to sell the deception. She remains determined to keep the peace on the island and pleads for the Sole Survivor to not tell Allen the truth.
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Can you have a baby in Fallout 4?

3) Player Pregnancy - If you have options for this enabled, the female player character can get pregnant during solicitation events as well as when sleeping with a romanced companion, via the Lover's Embrace perk. Conversely, male players can get their female romanced companions pregnant in the same way.
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Is Phyllis a synth Fallout 4?

If one has joined the Brotherhood of Steel, the hard persuasion check to tell her "I'm not leaving" is instead replaced by the option to tell her that the player character is a member of the Brotherhood, and since she has admitted to being a synth it is their duty to purge her, turning her hostile.
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Who in Diamond City is a synth?

In Sheep's Clothing: Following The Nuclear Option and the destruction of the Institute, returning to Diamond City reveals that McDonough was finally outed as a synth but took Geneva hostage.
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Do the Minutemen like synths?

The Minutemen are quite chill with synths. They won't go out of their way to rescue them over settlers like the Railroad, but if there are synth settlers, they don't seem to make too much of a fuss as long as everyone works together.
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Was Kyle a synth Fallout 4?

Neither Kyle or Riley were synths: Proof! Here you see that Riley, the man in Diamond City who was accused by his brother Kyle of being a synth, has no synth component, and thus was not a synth. Point being that Piper Wright is a fear monger and got Riley killed.
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