| DNA paternity testing in its purest form
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| | 1. Has the DNA testing facility been
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| is the application of DNA technology to
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| | accredited by a validated external body
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| provide information about the parentage
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| | such as the American Association of Blood
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| of an individual (usually a child). The
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| | Banks (AABB). If the answer is no, do not
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| mother of the child is rarely disputed,
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| | have your testing done by this company,
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| and most of the time DNA testing is
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| | you may not be able to rely on the
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| requested to inform the likely father of
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| | results.
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| a child.
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| | 2. Does the company carrying out the DNA
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| DNA is inherited from our parents, with
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| | testing have a thorough track-record in
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| half coming from the mother, and the
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| | this area of work, and have they proved
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| other half from the father. This pattern
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| | their technology in court? Be wary of
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| of inheritance allows the opportunity
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| | companies that sub-contract their
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| where the mother of the child is not
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| | testing. DNA profile interpretation can
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| disputed, to produce a putative DNA
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| | be a tricky business, and there is a lot
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| profile of the biological father. The
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| | at stake when you commission a DNA test,
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| process is relatively simple in that the
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| | and you want reassurance on the
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| final DNA profile of the child is
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| | reliability of your service provider.
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| composed of a series of bands which can
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| | 3. Is the company you are planning to use
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| only come from the two parents. If the
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| | an accredited laboratory or merely a
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| mother's bands are deducted from the
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| | broker? Brokers are simply in this game
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| child profile the remainder must come
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| | to make money, and have no interest in
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| from the biological father. Any male that
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| | the quality or the impact of this life
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| may consider himself the father can have
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| | changing technology. Avoid them
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| a DNA profile produced and compared
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| | irrespective of the tempting pricing they
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| against the remaining bands in the
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| | may offer you.
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| child's profile.
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| | 4. What degree of certainty does the
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| There can only be two outcomes from this
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| | company provide in relation to the
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| type of comparison. The first is a
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| | results of the tests? An exclusion should
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| 'no-match' scenario where the remaining
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| | be 100% with an inclusion at, at least
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| bands in the child's profile could not
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| | 99.99% confidence levels. These are the
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| have come from the sample obtained from
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| | figures that are expected in a court of
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| the alleged father. This is known as
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| | law.
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| exclusion and eliminates the possibility
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| | 5. Does the internal quality standard
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| of this individual being the biological
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| | require duplication of all results before
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| father of the child. The second is a
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| | they are reported to the customer? This
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| 'match' scenario where the remaining
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| | is an industry standard requirement which
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| bands in the child's profile could all be
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| | is often overlooked by some of the
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| accounted for by comparison with the
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| | 'cheaper' DNA testing providers.
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| alleged father. If this is the case the
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| | If the answer to any of these questions
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| significance of the match needs to be
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| | is unclear, my strong advice is to find
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| assessed by a DNA interpretation expert
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| | an alternative provider. You simply do
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| who will provide a degree of certainty
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| | not want to trust such an important piece
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| associated with the likelihood that the
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| | of work to a company that does not
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| alleged male is the biological father of
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| | guarantee a top quality product, with
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| the child.
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| | excellent customer care back-up.
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| Before you commission any Paternity DNA
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| | If you want to find out more about DNA
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| testing you should be sure you have clear
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| | Paternity Testing click on the links in
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| answers to the following 5 key questions:
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| | the author section below.
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