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Paternity Testing

Ideally a DNA paternity test analyzes DNA specimens from the mother, the
child and the alleged father. If the mother is unavailable for DNA
testing, we can also perform the DNA paternity test without her.
We use the mother's DNA to identify the parts of the child's DNA
that came from the Paternity mother (they match up). This lets us know
that the remaining parts of the child's DNA had to come from the
biological father, so we know what to compare to the DNA tested man.
Without the mother, we can not know which parts of the child's DNA came
from the child's biological father. When the mother is not paternity
tested, it is often necessary to do more DNA testing. If the mother is
available, it is better to include her in the DNA paternity test. But
even if the mother's DNA specimen is not available Paternity Testing
Corporation guarantees a 99.99% probability of paternity, so that the
client still receives a very reliable paternity DNA testing.
If there is more than one possible father of the child and the possible
fathers are closely related to each other, then it is very important to
paternity test them both when testing for paternity. This would be true, for example, if two
potential fathers are related to each other as brothers or as father and
son. The paternity test of a single alleged father only identifies a
probability of paternity for that alleged father compared to other
unrelated men. If two possible fathers are closely related, then their
DNA genetic makeup can be very similar, and they could easily both
receive a positive paternity test result. In that case, paternity
testing corporation will continue DNA testing until one of the alleged
fathers is excluded (at no extra charge). If only one of the related
alleged fathers is available, the client can pay the laboratory to
perform additional DNA testing in order to establish a likelihood that
the tested man is the biological father as opposed to the unavailable
relative. But it is best to DNA test all related parties who could be
the father of the child.
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