| DNA testing was popularized only in recent years | | | | have been able to obtain about your family tree. Lastly, |
| mainly due to having it extremely handy when it | | | | through DNA testing, you will be provided with clues in |
| comes to high-profile criminal investigations as well as | | | | regards to your ethnic origin. |
| in paternity cases. DNA, otherwise known as | | | | 3. How DNA Testing Works |
| deoxyribonucleic acid, is most commonly used in trying | | | | DNA testing has been around for so many years yet |
| to prove the relationship of an individual to another | | | | is has only gotten quite a following only recently since |
| person, that linking is aimed at trying to determine | | | | a lot of people can not afford the incredibly high rates |
| whether or not those two people are related or not. | | | | that they will be charged for their DNA testing. |
| 1. New Testing Methods | | | | However, there are home DNA testing kits which can |
| There are also various new tests that have been | | | | either be ordered through the mail or even over the |
| created in recent years, however, which have also | | | | internet at a price which is still befitting of one's budget |
| turned to DNA testing, a highly popular tool for | | | | (less that $300 to be exact) and all you have to do is |
| determining a person's ancestry. As DNA is passed | | | | to just be able to obtain a sample of your cells through |
| down from one generation of your family to the next, | | | | a cotton swab or through a mouthwash, it really is |
| there are some parts that still remain almost | | | | fairly easy to do. |
| unchanged. This creates the highly unbreakable link | | | | Then you have to be able to send those samples |
| between family generations and through DNA testing. | | | | back to the lab for your DNA testing wherein you will |
| DNA testing can also be of great help when trying to | | | | have to wait for around a month or even two months |
| reconstruct one's family history | | | | before you get the results of your DNA testing. The |
| 2. Paternity Tests | | | | DNA testing results are a series of numbers that |
| However, DNA testing, in spite of its many benefits is | | | | represent the key chemical markers within your DNA. |
| not able to provide you with your entire family tree or | | | | These numbers can be compared with the results |
| be able to tell you who your ancestors are. DNA | | | | from other individuals who took the DNA test in order |
| testing can, however, determine if you are related to | | | | to help you determine your ancestry. |
| the other person whom you have the test with. DNA | | | | When it comes to DNA testing, one must be |
| testing can also determine if you and that other person | | | | extremely patient waiting for the results - and |
| have a same ancestor. DNA testing will also be able | | | | whatever the result you get from your DNA test, just |
| to provide you with the information that you will be | | | | accept it as the tests are over 99% accurate. |
| needing in order to prove or negate the research you | | | | |