Tej ji

No! Suzannah's father is another person entirely. Amardeep Singh was the "practicing Sikh" in the story. However his only role was to be interviewed about the story because he has an Internet presence. The AP reporter interviewed him; a photographer took pictures. The interview and pics were wired to Utah. Somehow someone mixed everything up and wrote a story in which Amardeep Singh became the father. He doesn't even know Suzannah or her family. But hundreds of news articles are now reporting him as the father.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/world/27475-oops-suzannah-expelled-nose-piercing-but.html
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=27475

This is actually not funny! And he doesn't even live in Utah. He lives in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, and teaches at Lehigh University. Amardeep in PA and Suzannah in Utah, they are approximately is 3096 kilometers or 1924 miles or 1672 nautical miles away from one another.

When I read the actual news article on another site, I remember asking myself, What is going on? How is he teaching at Lehigh University, which is not that far away from where I am, and his daughter is living in Utah? Very strange! And Sikhs aren't supposed to be piercing their bodies anyway. When I looked at the picture -- there he was keshdhari and wearing a turban. Surely he would know - no nose piercings! The entire thing is bizarre. The connection is bizarre. Nose-piercing, Suzannah, **Punjab, Sikhs, Amardeep Singh -- a wild series of associations. Someone did not do his homework and made a mish-mash of it.

One good thing -- I have read his blog and it is terrific.

How did you think of including Mormons in this story?