Posts Tagged ‘Dna Samples’


Can DNA paternity test samples be collected in different countries?

My family and I want a paternity test to be performed but we all live in different countries. We want an official, government test (at a hospital) who can then issue a certificate of paternity robablility rather than a home test. Can collect the samples at our diferent locations and send them in to the [...]

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Legal Paternity Testing Vs Home Paternity Testing – How to Determine Your Child’s Father

Dayna Trest asked: Are you unsure who your child’s father is? It can be a nerve-wracking feeling but a DNA test can give you the peace of mind you and your child deserve. If you’re still trying to decide whether or not DNA testing is right for your situation think about all the benefits that [...]

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Dna Paternity Testing: Submitting Non-standard Samples (part 2)

Kevin Camilleri asked: Success Rates for DNA Extraction from Non-Standard SamplesIn part 1 of the article, we looked at some of the more common non-standard samples used to obtain DNA from an individual for DNA testing purposes. In this article we look at DNA extraction success rates from the various types of samples and how [...]

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Is a Legal DNA Paternity Test Necessary?

Dayna Trest asked: If you pay attention to the news you’ve undoubtedly seen the wave of stories about men who have either directly supported or paid child support to children only to find out years later that those children were not biologically theirs. Child support is a huge monthly expense, and to find out that [...]

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Dna Testing for Infidelity

Grant Kretzer asked: DNA testing is an most widely known for its use in DNA Paternity testing, which is most commonly used for the identification of a biological relationship between an alleged father and child.However, DNA testing has also been adapted more recently to be used in cases where infidelity is alleged, as a means [...]

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How To Get A DNA Test

Alex Blake asked: There are many reasons why you might want to get a DNA test. Although we often see DNA testing used in TV forensics shows, one of the top reasons for getting a DNA test is to determine paternity. DNA paternity testing conclusively determines if a man is the father of a particular [...]

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At Home DNA Testing is Here

Jason Kay asked: You can’t watch a crime drama on TV, or the news (think Anna Nicole Smith) for very long nowadays without hearing about DNA. DNA testing can tell who fathered a child. It can rescue an innocent inmate from prison, or prove the case against a criminal. DNA testing can give you an [...]

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Advice on Getting a Legal DNA Paternity Test

Dayna Trest asked: Paternity testing has come a long way! In the eighteenth century and even earlier there was no scientific way to establish paternity. The only way to determine whether or not a man was the biological father of a child was to look for physical similarities between the two. People also believed that [...]

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DNA Paternity Testing – Submitting Non-Standard Samples – Part 1

Kevin Camilleri asked: DNA Paternity testing is the most accurate way of confirming biological relationships between individuals. The standard way of collecting samples from the individuals to be tested is through the use of oral/buccal swabs. Buccal swabs are relatively easy to use and pain-free since the procedure involves simply rubbing the swab on the [...]

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Reasons for Dna Testing

Kevin Camilleri asked: DNA testing is becoming more and more popular as a way of catching criminals and establishing family relationships (usually in the context of paternity through DNA paternity testing). But why is it that DNA testing specifically is favoured over blood testing and other methods of detecting parentage and what are the most [...]

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